Interview with The Story Pirates

Together with American Songwriter, we had the pleasure of interviewing Jack Mitchell of The Story Pirates over Zoom video! Jack Mitchell is an award-winning composer, songwriter, music director, producer, and arranger for children's media and musical theatre based in Brooklyn, NY.​Current children's media projects include original songs, arrangements, and scoring for  The Story Pirates Podcast from Gimlet Media/Spotify, winner of the 2020 Webby and 2019 iHeartRadio awards for Best Kids and Family Podcast, where his work has been praised by celebrities such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, and live scoring for the new comedy gameshow, "Don't Break the Rules" from Pinna Audio.​Together with beloved Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri, Jack is developing a new musical comedy entitled, THE WRONG AMERICAN!", adapted from P.G Wodehouse's classic farce,"A Damsel in Distress". The show received a recent reading at Williamstown Theatre Festival and is gearing up for an AEA 29-hour industry reading soon. Jack is currently hard at work composing the music for a new family musical, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book", based on the celebrated children's book by Lauren Child. Additional TYA credits include STONE SOUP: THE MUSICAL commissioned by Parkway School for the Arts and co-written with Jason Blitman. ​Jack's recent sold-out concert of original music at The Green Room 42 was featured on playbill.com and his music has been seen and heard nationally on NPR, Sirius/XM Radio, ME-TV, and at The Foundation for New American Musicals in LA, The Utah Symphony, and The Kennedy Center.​As a musical director, Jack has worked with international stars and Tony Award Winners/Nominees including Amanda Seyfried, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Laura Benanti, Thomas Sadoski, Ashley Park, and many more.  Jack is a proud graduate of Northwestern University, a member of the advanced class of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, and the Director/MD of the Late-Night Cabaret at Williamstown Theatre Festival.We want to hear from you! Please email [email protected]#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod  #foryou #foryoupage #stayhome #togetherathome #zoom #aspn #americansongwriter #americansongwriterpodcastnetworkListen & Subscribe to BiBFollow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter!--- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bringinbackpod/support