←Recommendations of Honey Bee Baby

A surreal & unique take on reproductive rights and biopolitics. This play runs at a clip, pushing ever forward in to a storm, into a swarm. The odd cadence to the dialogue is reminiscent of Father Comes Home from the Wars, and the almost farcical characters heighten the feeling of Uncanny Valley throughout the play.

Wow! This is as unsettling as it is riveting. Ortiz has packed the elegant structure of her storytelling with oddly specific and interesting details, and an escalating tension that builds to a literal storm of nightmarish choices. Through all that, it never fails to be entertaining and, at times, genuinely delightful. The monstrous future described in "Honey Bee Baby" is seeded with small potent touches of humor, and even a few promises of genuine hope.

This is a piece that just gets more relevant with each passing year. With an Octavia Butler-like prescience, Erlina has crafted a terrifying and believable world that builds to one of the most terrifying climaxes I've read in a very long time. I really hope I can see this one on stage.

This play is eerily relevant and I could not put it down as it immediately drew me in for the wild ride until the end. The scary thing about this play is that it COULD happen and it IS starting to happen. What a visionary! Let's hope that reading this play will leave us more prepared to not give away our rights to quickly in the name of "safety." Thank you for your work!

Honey Bee Baby is an eerie futuristic play of personal rights versus government control and propaganda. The characters portrayed in the story are real and can’t (sorry — can not) quite fit into a world that tries to wipe out kindness and humanity. Clever and haunting.

I have read many plays that take a look at the effects of climate change but none in this way. I really don't think I've read a play that takes such an interesting look at over population. Ortiz proves to be masterful in world building without giving too much exposition. This play shows a world that feels fantastical and meant for science fiction but not too unbelievable. At its core, though, its the characters that drive this play and how they cope and dream for more in the dystopian future they have inherited.

This near-future examination of our world is truly chilling. Ortiz builds a world so intricate and stunning! HONEY BEE BABY asks questions about reproductive rights in a hyper-political future, while raising awareness about our dwindling natural resources. Ortiz uses humor and magic in order to raise a mirror up to the audience.