Nellie – The Musical  Book by Robby Steltz and Music and Lyrics by Stephen Murray

Directed and Produced by Barbara Guertin and Robbin Joyce

Musical Director - Stephen Murray

February 29 – March 9, 2024; talk back with Playwright Robby Steltz and Composer Stephen Murray - March 2 after the 2:00pm matinee. 

The true story of Nellie Bly, the New York World reporter who checked herself into a lunatic asylum to report on the horrors in 1887. Medical historians and patient advocates, however, rightly revere Bly for her infamous exposé. Bly published her daring dispatches as a book, “Ten Days in a Mad-House.” that remains a classic in the annals of psychiatry and a cogent warning against inhumane treatment of the mentally ill. Worcester’s own Stephen Murray has scored this historical tale into an amazing musical. This is a world premiere!

*Production is in collaboration with Worcester Historical Museum, Worcester Women's History Project, and Open Sky. 

Theatre exploring ideas and emotions which speak to our common humanity and reverberate in the modern consciousness.

4th Wall Stage Company is a 501 (c) (3) organization.

For more information:

Barbara Guertin, Managing Director 508-951-2665