Nancy Sans

Nancy Sans, center, with Luis Santeiro and Sesame Street Live choreographer Patti Colombo

Nancy Sans is a writer who worked on Sesame Street from 1982 until 2002. Amongst other contributions, she penned celebrity skits with Barbara Walters, Tim Robbins, and Yo-Yo Ma, and contributed lyrics to several songs. She also worked on stage shows for Sesame Street Live, directing Big Bird's Sunny Day Camp Out and scripting 1-2-3 Imagine!, among others.

Sans currently lives and works in the Hudson Valley region, where she founded Young Will, a youth acting group dedicated to making William Shakespeare accessible to young audiences, and directs local Gilbert & Sullivan productions.

Song Credits

• Sing Your Synonyms (with Joe Raposo)
• Mambo I, I, I
• I Go to School (with Christopher Cerf)
• Standing at the Bus Stop Sign (with Cheryl Hardwick)
• Once is Not Enough
• That Good Old Nest of Mine (with Mike Renzi)
• Todos un Pueblo (with Luis Santeiro)
• Peligro (with David A. Conner}