Both Sides Now: The Music and Lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen

Robbie Schaefer is a singer-songwriter, theatre/film artist and current rabbinical student devoted to service through the arts. The guitarist and songwriter for the indie folk band Eddie From Ohio has also recorded several solo albums, including 2017′s Sounds Like Home: Songs From the Musical, Light Years. 

In addition, Robbie is the founder of OneVoice, an international non-profit that unites and empowers youth through music and the creative arts. The organization has completed projects in Tanzania, Nicaragua, India, Greece, and Israel.

Robbie has shared the stage with Jason Mraz, Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban, Keb ‘ Mo, and Emmylou Harris, among others. His first work for musical theater, Light Years, saw its world premiere at Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre in 2018 and is now in post-production as a feature film, entitled Burst The Silence, due for release in September, 2023. His newest work for theatre, The Blue Poppy, is an Irish-Jewish ghost story written in collaboration with Scottish playwright Grace Barnes.

Also, he likes olives. A lot.