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Jack Mitchell

Jack Mitchell (Music, Co-Lyrics) is an award-winning composer and songwriter based in New York City. Current projects include original songs and scoring for the first-ever Dr. Seuss podcast, The Cat in the Hat Cast (Audible/Seuss Enterprises, 2024 Ambie Award Nominee for “Best Original Score and Music Supervision”) and 8 seasons and counting as lead composer and vocal director for The Story Pirates Podcast (multiple Webby and iHeartRadio Podcast awards, 6 albums, over 150 million downloads). Recent credits include Popcorn Brainstorm (Netflix), The Plate Show (WNET), the Looney Tunes Podcast, Bugs and Daffy's Thanksgiving Road Trip (Warner Bros. Animation, streaming on HBO Max), Sesame Street, Mo Willems’ Hidden Pigeon Company, PBS Kids, SPTV (PBS), Don't Break the Rules (Pinna/Realm), and multiple commissions from The Washington Post. Musicals include Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book? (Birmingham Children’s Theatre), The Claw (Beat by Beat Press, over 200 productions worldwide), Star Power (Beat by Beat Press), Strange! The Musical (CO/LAB Theatre Group), The Wrong American (with Alexandra Petri), and Very Christmas (in development). Jack is a proud graduate of Northwestern University and a member of the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop, The Dramatist Guild, and The Children’s Media Association. www.jack-mitchell.com

'Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?' with colorful text and a child-like illustration.

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Book?

Book and Lyrics by Maryanne Melloan Woods with Music and Lyrics by Jack Mitchell

Eight year old Herb never imagined the dangers when he decided to scribble on and cut up his book of fairy tales. Drawing mustaches on the characters, pasting telephones into the rooms, and cutting out Prince Charming and the royal thrones had seemed like good fun. But then Herb never imagined he'd fall into the book one night either! After contending with a petulant Goldilocks, a very angry wicked stepmother, and a disappointed Cinderella, all Herb wants to do is find his way off the page. If only he can escape the book, he can make everything happily ever after again… sort of.