Playwright / Co-Artistic Director
Multi-hypenate Artist
"Art, theatre, is what defines a culture in the long arc of history.
In a hundred years, I want to make sure that the stories of MY people are part of the canon as well."
Madre Tierra Philly presenta: "El Teatro como Memoria Viva" - 2025
'From Education to the Arts'- Philly Cam - Dialogos - 2025
From Campus to Center Stage: Alum’s Musical Celebrates Community at Temple Theaters
- Short Hand Stories, 2024
NBC Live - La Egoista at Hispanic Heritage Month - 2024
The Dominican-American playwright changing the narrative of what it means to be an artist, Al Dia, 2023
Stand-Up Comedy, Hospital Bills & Sacrifice, The FPI Files, Carolina Pilar Xique, 2023
Al Dia 40 under Forty Honoree: Erlina Ortiz, Al Dia, 2022
72 Miles To Go - Directing at Interact Theatre Company, Broad Street Review , 2022
Erlina Ortiz wins National Latine Playwrights Award, ATC, 2022
The Powerhouses of Power Street Theatre, Philadelphia Weekly, 2022
Two Works by local playwright Erlina Ortiz receive national recognition, Al Dia, 2022
Whose Professionalism Matters?, American Theatre, 2021
Cafe de la Tarde con Erlina Ortiz, Philatinos.com, 2021
Three Questions for Erlina Ortiz, La Bloga, 2019
"Finding Sanctuary in Unlikely Corners" WHYY, June 2018
Commonspace Live: Looking Class, First Person Arts and WHYY, 2018
Erlina Ortiz rides the Zephyr on an Amtrak Writer’s Residency, Broad Street Review, 2017
50 Playwrights Project, 2016
Interviews and Essays
"Throughout the 90-minute one-act, Ortiz balances the lighthearted and the serious, the tender and the terrifying." - Broad Street Review
YOUNG MONEY
Azuka Theatre Presents Young Money, Broad Street Review, 2021
Azuka Theatre Kicks off Their Season with Young Money, Broadway World, 2021
Young Money: from joke to play, Inquirer, 2021
"This world premiere was an ingenious piece of artistry" - DC Theater Arts
MORIR SONYANDO
Post Show Talk-back & Testimonials - 2015
Morir Sonyando looks at family cycles of abuse, Out in Jersey, 2019
A family must confront domestic violence in Morir Sonyando, Town Topics, 2019
Listen to Morir Sonyando at the Parsnip Ship Podcast here or wherever you listen to podcasts!
"Playwright Erlina Ortiz’s powerful work rewards its audiences with emotional depth and honesty." - Out in Jersey
LAS MUJERES
Las Mujeres a new play, Deslumbrar, 2018
Power Street Theatre Presents Las Mujeres, Broad Street Review, 2018
Las Mujeres brings Ancestral Feminism to PST, Artblog, 2018
Las Mujeres at Power Street Theatre, Bonaly, 2018
“Healing, Educated, Opening, Love, and Empowerment.” These were several of the words that audience members shouted out in the Talkback after Saturday’s powerful performance of Las Mujeres- deslumbrar
The music and lyrics are tight as well, ready for bigger stages and larger audiences to memorize every note (can we crowd fund a cast recording asap?!). The story, of course, is just as powerful and relevant and the topics can apply to all of us. So please, come be a part of this musical before it wows the rest of the world. - Phillly Row Home Mag
QUE LO QUE
Que Lo Que a Pandemic Audio Adventure, Al Dia News, 2021
Keeping it Small and Sincero, WHYY, 2021 Review 2
SHE WORE THOSE SHOES
She Told Her Own Story, Broad Street Review, 2016
American Blues Theatre Blue Ink Festival - Finalist 2025
American Blues Theatre Hosts 2025 Blue Ink Festival - Broadway World - 2025
HONEY BEE BABY
A future without humanity in Honey Bee Baby from Rapid Lemon Productions, DC Theater Arts, 2025
There is subtly and finesse in Ortiz’ writing style, Theater Bloom, 2025
Honey Bee Baby Asks How/What/When We’re “Expecting” in an Uncertain Future, BMore Art, 2025
Brand New HONEY BEE BABY Is Abuzz With Meaning at Strand, Broadway World, 2025
“Honey Bee Baby” is thought-provoking and very entertaining. Maryland Theater Guide, 2025
LA EGOISTA
La Egoista in Connecticut, Broadway World, 2021
La Egoista at the 2022 Latinx Theatre Commons Comedy Carnaval, 2022
La Egoista Review – Sisters Forever - Splash Mag, 2024
La Egoista delivers a touching portrayal of hope in the face of uncertainty, Glamgical, 2023
A California Premiere of a Thoughtful New Play, Broadway World, 2023
Linedy Genao and Sasha Merci to Star in La Egoista Reading - Playbill, 2024
Philadelphia Theatre Company launches 50th anniversary season with ‘La Egoísta’ - Metro Philadelphia, 2024
La Egoista on Telemundo, 2024
Theatre in the Round with A.D Amorosi, 2024
Two productions look at Latinx life through many lenses - Billy Penn WHYY, 2024
In La Egoista a Philly raised comedian confronts her selfishness - Inquirer, 2024
Who gets to be selfish? - Broad Street Review, 2024
Embracing My Inner Egoísta Fueled My Dreams in Comedy and Acting, Pop Sugar, 2024
SILUETAS, a new musical
The Powerful Virtual Show Silueta, Inquirer, 2021
Musicals Return for O'Neill Summer Conference, The Day, 2022
Tony winners KO and Gavin Creel join 2022 summer conference, Playbill, 2022
KO to Star in World Premiere of Erlina Ortiz and Robi Hager's SILUETAS in Philadelphia, Broadway World, 2023
¡Presente! Media at Power Street Theatre's musical Siluetas, 202Trilingual musical 'Siluetas' gets its world premiere in Philadelphia
Power Street Theatre’s “Siluetas” offers trilingual treat. - Billy Penn at WHYY - 2024
World Premiere of SILUETAS by Robi Hager and Erlina Ortiz at Power Street Theater - Row Home Mag, 2024
Power Street Theatre presents Erlina Ortiz and Robi Hager’s Siluetas - Broad Street Review, 2024
Trilingual musical 'Siluetas' gets its world premiere in Philadelphia - KYW, 2024
“On Friday night, the play onstage looked like America, as did the audience.” - Philly Inquirer
Check out all my plays on the new play exchange!
Coverage and Reviews
More With Power Street
For theater company, a take on social change, Temple News, 2014
How Power Street Theatre is taking on representation in the arts, Generocity, 2017
Philly Theatre's question the best way to be inclusive, Inquirer, 2018
Whose Professionalism Matters?, American Theatre, 2021
Next Philly mayor should ‘believe in the possibility of the arts,’ cultural leaders say, WHYY, 2023
PlayPenn’s 20th anniversary conference takes root in Philly neighborhoods - Broad Street Review, 2025
PlayPenn Announces Reimagined and Expanded New Play Conference