Angels & Infidels: A Worcester Women’s History Project at Museum of Worcester Event
by Stephen Murray - a musical staged reading
October 22 @ 7:00pm
Worcester Women’s History Project at Museum of Worcester
Celebrating 175 Years Since the First National Women’s Rights Convention
In 1850, over 1,000 people—including Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Lucy Stone—gathered at Brinley Hall in Worcester for the first National Women’s Rights Convention. It was a groundbreaking moment that sparked a global movement.
The Worcester Women’s History Project (WWHP) at Museum of Worcester (MOW) is bringing that history to life with a citywide, year-long celebration through October 2025—featuring talks, films, performances, and more. The capstone event is the recreation of the 1850 Convention. It all kicks off with a special presentation of Angels & Infidels – a powerful play by Louisa Burns Bisogno.
Mechanics Hall | October 22, 2025
7pm-8:30pm
Doors & bar open at 6pm, enjoy 1850’s music by the Providence Brigade Band
WWHP @ MOW is proud to partner with the League of Women Voters of Worcester Area, Massachusetts Women’s History Center, Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition, and others.
For sponsorship or event info: barbaraguertin@worcesterhistory.net | 508-753-8278 x111
Performance Tickets
General Admission
$25 + fees
Seniors: $22
Students: $18
Casey at the Bat
by Stephen Murray - a musical staged reading
At the Museum of Worcester, 30 Elm Street, Worcester
June 7, 2025 @1pm
Worcester composer, Stephen Murray, has created a contemporary mini opera based upon another Worcester creation, Ernest L. Thayer’s 1888 poem, Casey at the Bat. The new musical work uses every word of Thayer’s poem, but also expands the story to include Casey’s wife, Dora Mae, a young lad who idolizes Casey, legendary umpire, Foghorn Bradley, and a crowd of enthusiastic baseball fans. This new version of the classic poem is sure to be enjoyed by baseball fans and music lovers of all ages.
THE WASTE LAND
By T.S. Eliot
Performed by John Morello
At the Museum of Worcester, 30 Elm Street, Worcester
April
Fri. 11th, 7:00 pm
Sat. 12th, 2:00 pm
Sat. 12th, 7:00 pm
Fri. 18th, 7:00 pm
Sat. 19th, 2:00 pm
Sat. 19th, 7:00 pm
4th Wall Stage Company, in partnership with Museum of Worcester, will be presenting the full-length poem The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot to celebrate Poetry Month this April. Published in 1922, it is widely regarded as one of the most important English-language poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. The Waste Land does not follow a single narrative or feature a consistent style or structure. The poem shifts between voices of satire and prophecy, and features abrupt and unannounced changes of narrator, location, and time, conjuring a vast and dissonant range of cultures and literatures.
Actor John Morello, well-known for his original work Dirt which has toured the United States for over twenty years, creates a mesmerizing performance of this classic poem. Accompanied by an original ambient score blended with captivating images and lighting, this performance is a multi-sensory invitation to one of the most important poems of the 20th century. Morello and a team of world class artists have created a thrilling work that brings to life Eliot’s “heap of broken images" taking audiences not only around the world but back and forth in time with Eliot’s prescient words. 4th Wall Stage invites you to come experience The Waste Land and see why The Atlantic Monthly raves “One hundred years after publication… its vision has never been more terrifying.”
The 45-minute performances will be a world premiere at Museum of Worcester for six dates only. Morello is in the process of bringing this show on the road here in the States and internationally. Museum of Worcester will be highlighting more poetry events and partnering with Holy Cross on a poetry exhibit. For more information, go to our website: www.worcesterhistory.org
"From actor John Morello, comes a mesmerizing performance of TS Eliot’s classic poem, The Waste Land. Accompanied by an original ambient score blended with captivating images and lighting, this performance is a multi-sensory invitation to one of the most important poems of the 20th century. Morello and a team of world class artists have created a thrilling work that brings to life Eliot’s “heap of broken images" taking audiences not only around the world but back and forth in time with Eliot’s prescient words. Fourth Wall Stage invites you to come experience The Waste Land and see why The Atlantic Monthly raves “One hundred years after publication… its vision has never been more terrifying.”
Searching For Galileo’s Daughter
By Jessica Dickey
Directed by Barbara Guertin
At the Museum of Worcester, 30 Elm Street, Worcester
March 2025
Fri. 14th, 7:00 pm
Sat. 15th, 2:00 pm
Sat. 15th, 7:00 pm
Thu. 20th, 7:00 pm
Fri. 21st, 7:00 pm
Sun. 23rd, 2:00 pm
Just in time for Women's History Month, 4th Wall brings the story of a playwright, unsettled by a personal crisis, who flees to Florence to study the letters between Galileo and his eldest daughter Maria Celeste, whom he has taught to transcribe his work. Caught up in the threats against her father, Maria must abandon her work and join a convent. The writer’s discovery of Maria’s strength and tenacity inspires her own pursuit of purpose. Alternating between past and present, this play is a personal examination of faith, forgiveness, and the cost of seeking and speaking truth. Starring Robbin Joyce, Jerry Bisantz and Sandy Clancy.
