ROB BERLINER is a songwriter, performer, flight attendant, and aspiring billionaire philanthropist. He has been distinguished as a finalist for the Fred Ebb Award in 2021 and for the Kleban Prize for Most Promising Lyricist in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2022.

Rob is the co-creator (lyrics/co-libretto) of A Hanukkah Carol, or GELT TRIP! The Musical, a contemporary, comedic, “kosher” spin on Dickens, which will receive its world premiere at DC’s Round House Theatre in 2024 in association with producers Daryl Roth and Jim Kierstead. Keeping with the holiday theme, his song “To A Brand New Year, also co-written with AHC’s Aaron Kenny, was a 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards nominee for Best Original Song, Short Film. In 2022, he contributed lyrics to composer Paul Libman's oldies-inspired score for The Chase Brock Experience's BIG SHOT. Additionally, Rob’s updated lyrics to “You’re the Top” have been performed by Ann Harada at 54 Below, by Tony-winner and -nominee Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes at the Huntington Theatre gala, by Mr. Fontana with custom lyrics directly honoring acting legend James Earl Jones, and by stage and screen icons Alan Cumming and Liza Minnelli in... rehearsal. (So close! Someday.)

He is proud to be a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Advanced Workshop, Actors Equity, SAG-AFTRA, “the tribe,” and to be a graduate of Northwestern University.