The year is 1870 in the fictional town of Socartes, Spain.

A 16-year-old girl named Marianela struggles to live a life with happiness, sleeping between two baskets in the home of

Señor and Señora Ana Centeño.

The man she guides throughout Socartes, an optimistic blind man named Pablo Penáguilas, expresses his love for her, and so does Marianela.

Despite this, Pablo is given a life-changing opportunity by Don Teodoro Golfín.

However, this opportunity could be at the cost of Marianela's life.

Marianela, though, is given a life-changing opportunity of her own: to escape Socartes with her foster brother Celipín.

Florentina, Pablo’s cousin visiting Socartes, battles her father, Don Manuel, on what it means to be a woman of society.

Manuel, Don Carlos (Teodoro’s brother), Sofia (Carlos’s wife), Don Francisco (Pablo’s father), Teodoro, and all of the characters bring about conversations on idealism versus materialism, social class politics, adoption reform, and mental health.

Their story is an uplifting musical tragedy on love, opportunity, and change: Nela.

Nela is the musical adaptation of Marianela by Benito Perez Galdos with English translation by Clara Bell and book, music, lyrics, and orchestrations by Greggory Nekrasovas and Massimiliano Cicio in their theatrical debut.

The production premiered virtually November 27- December 6, 2020 received audience acclaim for its music, cast performances, and storytelling. 

Nela made its UK and festival debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and its New York virtual premiere at the Rochester Fringe Festival, receiving acclaim for its "strong, vibrant, and beautiful" music and strong performances, all in an effort to bring the show to the stage.