Iraisa Ann Reilly
Playwright, Foundry Alumni Member
Iraisa Ann Reilly (She/Ella) is a writer, performer, and educator originally from New Jersey.
Her solo show, A Bodega Princess Remembers La Fiesta de los Reyes Magos, 1998 will premiere at Ensemble Studio Theatre in November, 2025, co-produced by the Lucille Lortel Theatre, Latinx Playwrights Circle, and Ensemble Studio Theatre and directed by Estefanía Fadul . “Bodega Princess” was commissioned by the Lortel, and received development from Latinx Playwrights Circle, Teatro Circulo, Sol Project, and The New Harmony Project. It received a workshop production with Simpatico Theatre Company in Philadelphia in April of 2025.
Select full-length plays include Good Cuban Girls (Teatro del Sol, at The Arden Theatre), The Jersey Devil is a Papi Chulo (Atlantic Theatre Company’s Mixfest 2024, Latinx New Play Festival at La Jolla Playhouse 2023, Sol Fest 2022, Yale Drama Series Shortlist 2022, Finalist Leah Ryan Prize, KCACTF) Saturday Mourning Cartoons (Two River Theatre’s Crossing Borders Festival 2024, Winner, Bay Area Playwright’s Festival 2022, Arkansas New Play Festival 2023, Finalist Goldberg Playwriting Prize 2022, Semifinalist Blue Ink Award 2023, Semifinalist Premiere Stages). She is a recipient of the 2023 Latinx Playwright’s Circle Mentorship, working with mentor Migdalia Cruz.
Her work has been developed with Theatre Exile, The New Harmony Project, The Chain Theatre, The Workshop Theatre, ARTHouse INKubator, NYU Production Lab’s Development Studio and the Latinx Playwright’s Circle, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi and Michigan State University.
As a screenwriter, her screenplay La Reina del Bronx won best screenplay at Fusion Film Festival and was a semifinalist for the Vail Screenwriting Competition. Iraisa Ann recently performed off-Broadway in Arlene Hutton’s According to the Chorus. She’s taught students of all ages and is a teaching artist with Roundabout Theatre Company, Dreamyard Inc, and an adjunct professor of Dramatic Writing at NYU.
MFA in Dramatic Writing, NYU, BA Theatre and English University of Notre Dame.