"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."
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
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
Cafe de la Tarde con Erlina Ortiz, Philatinos.com, 2021
"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
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
"Playwright Erlina Ortiz’s powerful work rewards its audiences with emotional depth and honesty." - Out in Jersey
MORIR SONYANDO
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!
QUE LO QUE
Que Lo Que a Pandemic Audio Adventure, Al Dia News, 2021
Keeping it Small and Sincero, WHYY, 2021 Review 2
“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
SHE WORE THOSE SHOES
She Told Her Own Story, Broad Street Review, 2016
"Throughout the 90-minute one-act, Ortiz balances the lighthearted and the serious, the tender and the terrifying." - Broad Street Review
LA EGOISTA
La Egoista in Connecticut, Broadway World, 2021
La Egoista at the 2022 Latinx Theatre Commons Comedy Carnaval, 2022
Sisters Forever, Splash Magazine, 2023
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
SILUETAS, a new musical
The Powerful Virtual Show Silueta, Inquirer, 2021
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
“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