Singer-songwriter and musician Anais Mitchell, who has been heavily influenced by the confessional alternative folk stylings of Ani DiFranco, will perform at the Chocolate Church Arts Center on Saturday, May 12 at 7:30 p.m. Described as the queen of modern folk music, Anais Mitchell seems to channel spirits from the Old Testament to modern America -- but mostly, well, from the Y chromosome. 

Anaïs Mitchell began writing songs when she was 17. She is a Vermont and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter who comes from the world of narrative folksong, poetry and balladry. Among her recorded works are the award-winning Child Ballads, Young Man in America, and Hadestown, the latter of which she expanded into a theatre show. Hadestown debuted off-Broadway in 2016 at New York Theatre Workshop, and will open at London’s National Theatre in November 2018 before transferring to Broadway.  

If there's a common thread in Mitchell's work it's that she's as interested in the world around her as the one inside her.  “Ms. Mitchell’s songs address contemporary angst with uncanny vision….a formidable songwriting talent.” - New York Times

For more on this performer, visit www.anaismitchell.com.

Tickets are $22 advance and $25 at the door. Tickets are available by calling the Chocolate Church box office, 804 Washington St., Bath,  at 207-442-8455 or to purchase online www.chocolatechurcharts.org.