Meet Nellie

The adventures of Nellie is a magical presentation combining original narrative, storytelling, music and song.  It illustrates the life stories of Nellie, the little Irish harp and her lady.  Kitty Sullivan (My Lady) is the originator, writer, musician and solo performer.  Kitty is the speaker, but Nellie is the storyteller.  Nellie’s voice.  Nellie’s words.  And as Nellie says, “all our stories are real.  They really happened.”

A charming mix of whimsy and reality, Nellie’s stories and songs have universal appeal to children ages 4-10.  Nellie and her lady and gentleman and special bird friend, Seamus, take the children on adventures all over the world.  They travel through time and space.  They celebrate the wonder of family and friends and shared experience through the magical windows of words and music.

Nellie’s many friends and family  (human, harp and Seamus) also feature in a series of additional adventure stories:  Making Friends; Mother Bird; The Hawk; And Out We Go... Yay!; Flying Home; My Family Grows …Backwards; A Family Crisis; The Magic Room; Italy; New Places; Nellie Goes to Asia; The Silence of Nellie and more.

The stories are each about 20 minutes in length.  The show is performed with an interactive 10 minute intermission where the children are invited to share their lives with Nellie and Kitty.  Total running time is approximately 30-40 minutes.

Illustrations by Violet Paek

My Lady
Says Hello!

Hello!
My name is Kitty, or My Lady as Nellie calls me.
Nellie and I are so happy to meet you.
Nellie and I have had a lot of adventures,
​so we have many more stories and songs to share with you.
And all of our stories are real. They really happened.
You’ll meet our Family and travel the world with us.
You’ll meet Violet who paints our world in beautiful pictures.
You’ll be our new Friends. We love making new Friends.
And Seamus, our special bird friend will always look after us.
So, until we meet again…

Love from us both, (Seamus too)
​Kitty

Kitty Sullivan
(Author)

Kitty Sullivan is an accomplished and admired performer with a theatrical career in the U.S., Ireland and England. She has played such diverse roles as Rita in Educating Rita, opposite both Milo O’Shea and Brian Bedford; Maria in The Sound of Music at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin and Kate in Kiss Me Kate in the United Kingdom. Kitty has also appeared with The Chieftains in Carnegie Hall.

Kitty’s solo show, Ireland, Once Upon A Time debuted in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. This program of harp, verse, song and storytelling was enthusiastically received and led to an invitation to perform for the then President of Ireland, Mary McAleese.

And now, Kitty & Nellie  are sharing their adventures with you! Through the magical windows of words and music, through laughter, family, and friendship they are bringing a special kind of love.
And joy is the reward!

Violet Paek
(Illustrator)

Violet Paek is a freelance illustrator who was born and raised in South Korea.  A graduate of Kyoungbook National Art University, she taught art to children and teens for more than seven years in Korea.  In 2012, she decided to leave teaching to pursue her dream of being a professional illustrator.
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Violet now lives in Astoria with her husband Evan and her cat, Tan.
​She keeps drawing and working on a variety of art projects, but she is particularly thrilled to be able to introduce our Nellie to the children.