Welcome to My World
Please keep your arms and legs inside the site at all times
I have a lot of websites for different parts of my life, but this one is meant to be more personal and act as a hub, i.e., one site to rule them all.
I have been a professional entertainer for 50-plus years, but have other sides to my creativity that I don’t present as a musician. I have written novels, screenplays, scripts, and composed music for outside projects, produced and recorded music for other artists, worked in musical theater development, theme attraction design, and consultancy work.
I have over 50 original songs in the BMI catalogue dating back to 1979, all cleared for sync licensing, and I am available for bespoke folk music on a variety of unusual instruments, some of my own creation. Contact me at info@astrolabetheater.com
Music
Over 50 songs in the BMI Catalogue
43 years of Albums
Commercial Street; written with the late Bill Hilburn based on his encounter with a child in the poor part of town.

Visit my Other Sites!
The Astrolabe Theater Company
If all the world’s a stage, who is watching?

This is my new company presenting Theater, Opera, Dance, and Media
We currently have our first musical, In The Tent of Stars, heading to the UK for the next round of its development.
Withe & Stone

My First Novel, and now a folk Musical as well.
On a beach in a pre-industrial British village, two small children appear that everyone sees, but no one remembers. Lost traditions play themselves out on the stage of the seasons, as the villagers live their stories of love, loss, healing, humor, and adventure. An old woman brews and bottles hope, peace, and truth. A miller’s daughter finds unwanted drama in suspicious newcomers. A young boy becomes embroiled in a quest of elderly mystery lovers. A roof thatcher is haunted by a straw fox and a tragic puzzle. A Fey child bridges two worlds with ancient magic. A widower who lives in a tree writes it all down. The villagers of Withe and Stone tell their tales, without realizing just how different their world is from ours, where the traditional faiths of pagan Europe stayed dominant, evolving into a peaceful agrarian society, and where two small children whom everyone sees, and no one remembers, read the spell of the world and use their magic to keep this universe from slipping away.
The Childgrove

It’s probably not wise to write your therapy session as a public work, but people have found this interesting. It is now a Novel, an enhanced audiobook, and a limited series treatment.
K.C. Finn for Readers’ Favorite
“This captivating tale transcends time and reality, with a narrative exploring themes of tragedy, redemption, and the enigmatic nature of time itself.”
Bron Bakers for OnlineBookClub.org
“The Childgrove is an intriguing book that skillfully blends fact and fantasy, leaving you to question which is real.”
Audiobook review said
A complex yet intriguing story done in a theatrical style peppered with music from the 1900s, creating an intriguing and suspense-filled storyline from a child’s point of view that leaves the audience on the edge of their chair.
Testimonials

“What a squirrel.”
Barbara
Barbara
John’s sister & Profesional Go-Go Dancer

“There’s nothing you couldn’t fix about that boy that wouldn’t be solved by a daily trip to the woodshed,”
Redacted
Fourth Grade Teacher

“Yes, dear, if you think so,”
Jan
Jan
John’s late Wife
Contact me:
info@johncorbingoldsberry.com
Contact me:
info@johncorbingoldsberry.com
