Biography

Terence M. O’Malley is the Nelly Don the Musical Movie's Executive Producer, Director, and Writer/Lyricist. Additional credits Director, Nelly Don ~ A Stitch in Time (2006 Documentary); Black Hand Strawman ~ The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City (2009 Documentary); Shooting Back in Time ~ The Kansas City Union Station Massacre (2008 Documentary); Tom & Harry: The Boss and the President (2013 Documentary); Nelly Don Musical (2019). O’Malley is the principal and practicing attorney at The O’Malley Law Firm. O’Malley has a passion for preserving history. Beyond the musical and films, he is also an author. His interest in history and the Nelly Don story was ignited at a young age when he read his grandmother’s scrapbook about his great aunt, Nelly Don, and her life adventures. O’Malley also regularly plays the piano at Conroy’s Pub in Leawood, Kansas. Before practicing law, O’Malley had worked as a TV news anchor, director, and reporter and was a press secretary for the governor and the House of Representatives in Alaska.