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Mon, 05/03/2021 - 11:50am John McCright Anaïs Mitchell
MIDDLEBURY Anaïs Mitchell, acclaimed playwright, composer and musician, will deliver the 2021 Middlebury College Commencement address on Saturday, May 29. A New Haven native, 1999 graduate of Mount Abraham Union High School and 2004 Middlebury College graduate, Mitchell is the creative force behind the hit musical “Hadestown.”
One of the leading artistic voices of her generation, Mitchell began work on “Hadestown” a reimagination of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice years before it appeared on Broadway. The production debuted in Barre, Vermont, in 2006 before it toured across New England. Mitchell gained international recognition following the premiere of “Hadestown” in Alberta, London and then New York, where it opened in 2019. Later that year “Hadestown” went on to win eight Tony Awards and Mitchell won the Tony Award for Best Original Score. In 2020 the show also won
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