Recommended by Erlina Ortiz

  • Erlina Ortiz: Carroll County Fix by Val Dunn
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    A really excellent examination of how relationships are irrevocably altered when one person stays and one person goes. Makes you ache for home in that way that is both comforting and painful. The characters in all their beautiful and broken ways slowly worm into your consciousness and stay with you long after you've left the theatre.

    A really excellent examination of how relationships are irrevocably altered when one person stays and one person goes. Makes you ache for home in that way that is both comforting and painful. The characters in all their beautiful and broken ways slowly worm into your consciousness and stay with you long after you've left the theatre.

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  • Erlina Ortiz: Sapience by Diana Burbano
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    Startling, tragic, funny, engrossing... The interrogation of human language and connection, mortality, mixed with very much needed stories of folks on the spectrum and the science behind it all had me hooked from the start. I woke up early on a Saturday excited to finish reading this play!

    Startling, tragic, funny, engrossing... The interrogation of human language and connection, mortality, mixed with very much needed stories of folks on the spectrum and the science behind it all had me hooked from the start. I woke up early on a Saturday excited to finish reading this play!

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  • Erlina Ortiz: Then They Forgot About The Rest by Georgina Escobar
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    Yes yes yes! I'm left breathless after simply reading this play. It is dark and unnerving and poetic and just a beautiful exploration of loss and memory.

    Yes yes yes! I'm left breathless after simply reading this play. It is dark and unnerving and poetic and just a beautiful exploration of loss and memory.

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  • Erlina Ortiz: Esther Choi and the Fish that Drowned by Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters
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    I enjoy how this play unfolds and lets us know more and more about these characters and how they try to keep each other safe. Very rarely do we get to see a grand-daugther grand-father relationship portrayed on stage and I think this play does it beautifully while dealing with important contemporary concepts. When grandfather talks about the cops being so mean my heart just breaks!

    I enjoy how this play unfolds and lets us know more and more about these characters and how they try to keep each other safe. Very rarely do we get to see a grand-daugther grand-father relationship portrayed on stage and I think this play does it beautifully while dealing with important contemporary concepts. When grandfather talks about the cops being so mean my heart just breaks!

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  • Erlina Ortiz: On the Formidable Ambiguity of the Foreseeable Future, We Rise by Geo Decas O'Donnell
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    A strange and exhilarating journey of self discovery and breaking from the mold in a world that values sameness. Weirdly funny and very scary.

    A strange and exhilarating journey of self discovery and breaking from the mold in a world that values sameness. Weirdly funny and very scary.

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  • Erlina Ortiz: Good Cuban Girls by Iraisa Ann Reilly
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    A wholesome and hilarious look at how our values shape us, and how difficult it is to face family members when we don't meet their high expectations. As a 1st generation Latina I found this play to be almost too relatable to the point where I didn't know if the tears were from compassion or laughter.

    A wholesome and hilarious look at how our values shape us, and how difficult it is to face family members when we don't meet their high expectations. As a 1st generation Latina I found this play to be almost too relatable to the point where I didn't know if the tears were from compassion or laughter.

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  • Erlina Ortiz: HOMERIDAE by AZ Espinoza
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    A truly engrossing from beginning to end ride. I can't wait to see this funny and important show in production!

    A truly engrossing from beginning to end ride. I can't wait to see this funny and important show in production!

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  • Erlina Ortiz: The Mango Tree (Featured in Power Street Theatre Company's PALANTE) by AZ Espinoza
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    A beautiful visceral piece about belonging and not belonging.

    A beautiful visceral piece about belonging and not belonging.

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  • Erlina Ortiz: HYPE MAN: a break beat play by Idris Goodwin
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    Just saw this play at InterAct Theatre and it was really engaging and fun while dealing with the very important topic of ally-ship.

    Just saw this play at InterAct Theatre and it was really engaging and fun while dealing with the very important topic of ally-ship.

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  • Erlina Ortiz: Bottle Fly by Jacqueline Goldfinger
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    I don’t usually enjoy reading plays as much as seeing them, but reading Bottle Fly was really a joy. The language and rhythm of the piece are easy to catch by the first few pages, and as you read on you realize how full and real the characters are becoming. Any one of these complex roles would be a lot of fun for an actor to jump into, and I appreciated the specificity when it came to ideas about race and ethnicity in this world.

    I don’t usually enjoy reading plays as much as seeing them, but reading Bottle Fly was really a joy. The language and rhythm of the piece are easy to catch by the first few pages, and as you read on you realize how full and real the characters are becoming. Any one of these complex roles would be a lot of fun for an actor to jump into, and I appreciated the specificity when it came to ideas about race and ethnicity in this world.

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