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Rebel Girls

Get to Know Anaïs Mitchell

Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Stories For Kids

4.57.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Anaïs Mitchell is a singer-songwriter, playwright, and the creator of Hadestown — the Broadway musical that has won eight Tony Awards and is now the 40th longest-running show in Broadway history. In this interview, Junior Reporter Paloma sits down with her to talk about discovering music, turning Greek mythology into a Broadway hit, and what she'd tell any kid who wants to start writing songs or theatre today. Anaïs is also the narrator of our Ani DiFranco bedtime story.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.5

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0:11.0

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0:20.0

What I love is the flexibility.

0:22.1

You can mix subjects throughout the day, focus on one at a time, or even take learning on the road.

0:26.6

Whether your family loves to travel, dive deep into hobbies, or just move at your own pace,

0:31.4

time for learning makes it possible. And for middle and high schoolers, their cinema series

0:35.6

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0:42.5

Plus, they've been around for 20 years.

0:44.3

They've served over a million students, and they even provide transcript and planning tools to help you stay on track with state requirements.

0:50.2

The result? Confident future forward kids who are ready to thrive.

0:54.3

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0:58.5

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1:04.8

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1:13.0

This is Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls.

1:19.8

Hi, Rebels.

1:21.3

This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls to interview.

1:24.6

I'm your host, Paloma, and today we're talking to musician and playwright

1:28.9

Aeneas Mitchell. Welcome, Aeneas. Thank you so much. It's an honor to be here. Tell us about

1:36.0

discovering music. Were you always a musician? What kinds of things did you like to create as a kid?

1:41.8

I was exposed to a lot of folk music and I played the violin as a little kid.

1:48.0

And then in high school I traded that in for the guitar.

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