Video: Meet the Author of HIS STORY: THE MUSICAL, Anna Brown

His Story: The Musical, the world-premiere musical, is coming to Dallas-Fort Worth this spring! Performances begin May 5, 2023 at the new state-of-the-art Broadway Tent at Grandscape, with opening night set for May 18, 2023. Before it does, check out an interview with one of the show's creators, Anna Brown, who wrote the book, music, and lyrics.

His Story: The Musical is a Broadway-style theatrical event, 2000 years in the making. In this new contemporary pop musical based on the life of Jesus, a common-man-from-an-obscure-family arrives in the big city and defies expectations. He performs miracles and speaks great wisdom, but chooses friends from the dregs of society and hangs out in the wrong part of town. Mocked by the establishment, he is adored by the people. Melding a youthful voice with a timeless perspective, the greatest story ever told is brought into the third millennium, reminding us of the universal power of love and redemption.

Now 22, Anna started writing His Story: The Musical at the age of 16 while on a mission to Africa. A dyslexic, unable to read or write before 9 years old, homeschooled Anna focused instead on the arts before writing her first songs at 15. As a social-media-savvy Gen Z, she sees a chance to reach her generation with the timeless story of light and hope. Anna is an author and illustrator of over a dozen educational books, some bestsellers, for children, especially kids with Dyslexia and teens with their passions and career goals. Anna currently lives in Dallas and travels often doing research for writing projects, which include several new musicals.

Below, she explains more about how the much-anticipated new musical came to be!