18 Aug
The Cricket and Seagull : With Mine Own Hand, the Musical Account of Nephi
The Cricket and Seagull: ‘With Mine Own Hand, the Musical Account of Nephi’
Ramona Zabriskie has a great imagination, but when she began editing down Nephi’s words in First and Second Nephi 15 years ago, she didn’t imagine the resulting musical “With Mine Own Hand” would be premiering to LDS audiences from around the world at BYU Education Week.
Along with Utah composer Becky Alexander, Zabriskie has created a large-cast, full-scale stage musical which has had limited productions in the Portland, Ore., area and will soon be the first out-of-state production to appear at Education Week. This week she and her husband Dale, who plays the older Nephi, talk about adapting scriptural accounts, the miracles that brought the production together, and the themes of Nephi’s life. Read more
