Erlina Ortiz Wins ATC's 2022 National Latine Playwrights Award
PHOENIX, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Arizona Theatre Company is excited to announce that Dominican-American playwright, performer and theatremaker, Erlina Ortiz, has won the 2022 National Latine Playwrights Award with her dramedy La Egoista, for which she will receive $2,500 and a professional workshop. In conjunction with ATC senior artistic staff, panelists included director, playwright and Associate Artistic Director for Syracuse Stage, Melissa Crespo; Jeff Award recipient, Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member, and television and Broadway actress Caroline Neff; Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker and author of "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen" José Antonio Vargas. The company also worked closely with the community and esteemed partners throughout the process to reach this final decision.
- PHOENIX, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Arizona Theatre Company is excited to announce that Dominican-American playwright, performer and theatremaker, Erlina Ortiz, has won the 2022 National Latine Playwrights Award with her dramedy La Egoista, for which she will receive $2,500 and a professional workshop.
- It has often been said that to win the National Latine Playwrights Award, a play must do something that the others didn't do.
- Ortiz participated in the O'Neill National Musical Theatre Conference with the musical Siluetas.
- Established in 1995, the National Latine Playwrights Award is unique in both its longevity and prescience.