Lynn Rogoff

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'''Lynn Rogoff''' is an American film and television producer, playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, and academic. She is best known for writing the 1979 Emmy Award winning documentary film ''No Maps on My Taps'' and the 1983 play ''Love, Ben Love, Emma''; the latter of which examines the correspondence between Emma Goldman and Ben Reitman. She is an adjunct associate professor at the New York Institute of Technology.

==Early life and education==

Born in New York City, Rogoff is the daughter of the veterinarian, George Rogoff, past president of the Bronx Veterinary Society and founder of the Veterinary Medical Association of New York City Journal.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1961/03/03/archives/dr-george-rogoff.html |page=27|title=DR. GEORGE ROGOFF|work=The New York Times|date=March 3, 1961|access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> She is a graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts with an MFA in directing. In 1979, she was one of eight individuals accepted into the Astoria Motion Picture and Television Center Foundation's internship program.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Astoria Program Selects Eight|journal=Backstage|volume=7|issue=40|date=October 5, 1979|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Pictures Grosses: Interns For Astoria|journal=Variety|volume=296|issue=9|date=October 3, 1979|page=22}}</ref> In 1980 she became a fellow in the Writers Guild of America, East's Screen and Television Writing Fellowship program which was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Local Radio-Television: Writers Guild Selects 8 Fellows For TV-Pix Coin|journal=Variety|volume=300|issue=2|date=August 13, 1980|page= 54}}</ref>

==Career==

Rogoff was nominated by the Writers Guild of America for writing the 1979 documentary film ''No Maps on My Taps''.<ref>{{cite web |title=WGF Inmagic Presto |publisher=The Writers Guild Foundation |url=http://librarycatalog.wgfoundation.org/Presto/pl/ODZmMDE2ZTktOTg1NC00NjM0LTgxNGMtYTc0MjhjNDJhMjEyLjM5MjE= |access-date=September 18, 2021}}</ref> ''No Maps on My Taps'' was produced on grants from the AFI, PBS, the CPB, the Ford Foundation and the NEA.<ref>{{cite book|date=January 1979|publisher=California Public Broadcasting Commission|page=36|title=No Maps on My Taps}}</ref> The film focuses on three black tap dancers who had fallen on hard times but had started dancing again.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kisselgoff|first=Anna|date=March 22, 1981|title=Dance View; TV's Recent Looks at Tap and Nijinsky|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/22/arts/dance-view-tv-s-recent-looks-at-tap-and-nijinsky.html|access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref> ''No Maps on My Taps'' won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Direction in News and Documentary.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Arts on Television, 1976-1990: Fifteen Years of Cultural Programming |editor1-first=Rebecca |editor1-last=Krafft |editor2-first=Brian |editor2-last=O'Doherty |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1idRg3iNb0C&pg=PA211 |page=211 |year=1991 |isbn=9780160359262 |access-date=September 8, 2021}}</ref> In 2017 the film was restored and featured at Tap City, the American Tap Dance Foundation's annual festival.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/10/no-maps-on-my-taps-is-back|title="No Maps on My Taps" Is Back: The great, elegiac documentary on tap dance is restored|author=Joan Acocella|date=June 30, 2017|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref>

Rogoff assisted producer Rupert Hitzig on the film ''Wolfen'' (1981).<ref>{{cite journal|title=Pictures: New York Sound Track|journal=Variety|volume=302|issue= 9|date=April 1, 1981|page=26}}</ref> In 1983 she was selected to be the United States' representative to the United Nations's women's series project.<ref name="UN"/> This included a conference held jointly between the U.N. and the New York chapter of the American Association of Women in Radio and Television.<ref name="UN">{{cite journal|title=Changing Hands: UN-AWRT conference examines problems of women in broadcasting|journal=Broadcasting|volume=104|issue=6|date=February 7, 1983|page=81}}</ref>

Rogoff penned the play ''Love, Ben Love, Emma'' which is based on correspondence between Emma Goldman and Ben Reitman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/rogoff-lynn.html|title=doollee.com - the playwrights database of modern plays|website=www.doollee.com|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105063608/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/rogoff-lynn.html|archive-date=January 5, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Rogoff|first=Lynn|title=Love, Ben, love, Emma: a play in three acts|date=1983|language=English|oclc=797010091}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Emma Goldman in Exile: From the Russian Revolution to the Spanish Civil War|isbn=9780807070475|publisher=Beacon Press|author= Alice Wexler|pages=248–249|year=1989}}</ref> The play was originally produced by Lucille Lortel at the White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut in 1983,<ref>{{cite journal|title=Legitimate: Circle Rep Tryout Of Three Plays At Lortel's White Barn|journal=Variety|volume=315|issue=9|date=June 27, 1984|page=91}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=White Barn Theatre Opening Season of New Plays July 13 |first=Lucille | last=Lortel |date=June 28, 1984 |page=8 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19840628&id=zvhIAAAAIBAJ&pg=2896,4507523&hl=en |publisher=The Hour |location=Norwalk, Connecticut |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> starring Kevin O'Connor, Penelope Allen, and Martha Greenhouse.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hyFaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Lynn+Rogoff%22|title=The White Barn Theatre : 50 years, 1947-1997|editor=Markland Taylor|year=1997|location=Westport, Connecticut|publisher=White Barn Theatre}}</ref> In 2020, ''Love, Ben Love, Emma'' had its Chicago premiere, produced by the Wayward Sister's Theatre Company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Love, Ben Love, Emma|url=https://www.waywardsisterstheatre.com/love-ben-love-emma|access-date=2021-09-06|website=Wayward Sisters Theatre|language=en}}</ref>

Rogoff's television work includes ''Sesame Street'',<ref>{{cite book|title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-five Years, 1946-1981. Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series|author=George W. Woolery|year=1985|publisher=Scarecrow Press}}</ref> and ''Big Blue Marble''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Who Was Who on TV, volume 1 |first=Norman |last=Chance |page=159 |year=2010 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=9781456821296 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gC-QvyfUyb0C&q=rogoff&pg=PA159|access-date=September 7, 2021}}</ref> She wrote ''Freedom Fighters: Freedom and Justice for African Americans''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecrater.com/p/15316261/freedom-fightersfreedom-and-justice-for-african-americans|title=Freedom Fighters:Freedom and Justice for African Americans by Lynn Rogoff (1993)|website=www.ecrater.com|access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, Rogoff's company wrote and produced ''Bird Woman'', a magical realism audio drama series based on the life of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman associated with the Lewis and Clark Expedition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bird Woman Audio Series |url=https://www.amerikids.com/audio-series/ |website=Amerikids}}</ref> The series featured Sera-Lys McArthur and Daniel TwoFeathers.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nativewomeninfilm.com/bird-woman-sacajawea/ |title=Bird Woman, Sacajawea |publisher=Native Women in Film & Television |date=2024}}</ref>

In 2024, Rogoff adapted the project into ''Bird Woman, Sacajawea'', a 54-minute animated historical dramatization that used artificial intelligence-assisted animation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nativewomeninfilm.com/bird-woman-sacajawea/ |title=Bird Woman, Sacajawea |publisher=Native Women in Film & Television |date=2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://tribecacitizen.com/2025/01/03/films-of-tribeca-bird-woman-sacajawea/ |title=Films of Tribeca: Bird Woman Sacajawea |publisher=Tribeca Citizen |date=January 3, 2025}}</ref> Coverage in technology and education publications discussed Rogoff's use of AI-generated historical characters and related chatbot tools in connection with the project. ''InformationWeek'' described Rogoff's use of artificial intelligence in animation and individualized learning, while ''EdSurge'' discussed ''Bird Woman, Sacajawea'' in the context of educational uses of AI-generated historical figures and concerns about ethics and authenticity.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.informationweek.com/it-sectors/is-this-the-end-of-mass-production-in-everything-from-education-to-manufacturing- |title=Is This the End of Mass Production in Everything From Education to Manufacturing? |author=Pam Baker |publisher=InformationWeek |date=2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.edsurge.com/news/2024-11-12-should-students-chat-with-ai-versions-of-historical-figures |title=Should Students Chat With AI Versions of Historical Figures? |author=Jeffrey R. Young |publisher=EdSurge |date=November 12, 2024}}</ref> The film received a Bronze Remi Award at the 2024 WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in the Long Shorts – Historical category.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://assets-global.website-files.com/6255fbf3105a723987f6d3f4/6622f7f83d0284f2047aa016_WF57_WinnersList_4.19.2024.2.pdf |title=57th WorldFest Houston Remi Award List 2024 |publisher=WorldFest-Houston |date=2024}}</ref>

As a stage director, she has directed ''The Labyrinth'' by Fernando Arrabal (1973, NYU),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=suYCAAAAMBAJ&q=%22lynn+rogoff%22&pg=PA16|title=New York Magazine|first=New York Media|last=LLC|date=December 24, 1973|publisher=New York Media, LLC|access-date=May 15, 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' by Tennessee Williams (1974, The Atlas Room at NYU),<ref>{{cite journal|title=Legitimate Theatre Section: Streetcar Named Desire|journal=Backstage|volume=15|issue=3|date=January 18, 1974|page=22}}</ref> ''Attempted Rescue On Avenue B'' by Megan Terry (1975, Cubiculo Theatre),<ref>{{cite journal|year=1976|editor=John A. Willis|publisher=Crown Publishers|title=Attempted Rescue On Avenue B|journal=Theatre World|volume=31|page=104}}</ref> and ''The In-Crowd'', a rock opera by J. E. Franklin (1977, Henry Street Settlement).<ref>{{cite journal|title=New Musical|journal=Backstage|volume=17|issue=51|date=December 17, 1976|page=29}}</ref>

Rogoff penned the narrative for the multimedia game ''Pony Express Rider''; a product which was showcased at the Electric Entertainment Expo (E3) in 1996.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Diorio |first=Carl |date=May 30, 1996 |title=TECH talk |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2362049230 |journal=The Hollywood Reporter |volume=342 |pages=13|id={{ProQuest|2362049230}} }}</ref> That same year she advocated for writing for interactive media at the 1996 Show Biz Expo on behalf of the Writers Guild of America.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Diorio |first1=Carl |last2=Waldman |first2=Alan |date=Jun 28, 1996 |title=Show Me The Way |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2362123431 |journal=The Hollywood Reporter |volume=342 |pages=Page S-4|id={{ProQuest|2362123431}} }}</ref>

Rogoff serves as an adjunct associate professor at the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyit.edu/bio/lrogoff|title=Lynn Rogoff - Bio - NYIT|website=www.nyit.edu|access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> where she received the Presidential Excellence Award in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Past Presidential Award Recipients {{!}} President {{!}} New York Tech|url=https://www.nyit.edu/president/presidential_award_recipients/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=www.nyit.edu}}</ref> In 2013, she received a research award from the NYIT to develop her GreenKids Media Endanger series at the university.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}

== References ==

==External links==

*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0737360/ Lynn Rogoff at IMDB]

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