about the playwright & director
Iraisa Ann Reilly is a writer, actor, and educator originally from New Jersey (and proud of it). She recently performed her solo show, A Bodega Princess Remembers La Fiesta de los Reyes Magos, 1998 as a workshop production with Simpatico Theatre in Philadelphia. The play was also supported by a Lucille Lortel Micro-Commission and recently performed as part of Teatro Circulo and Latinx Playwrights Circle’s Inaugural One-Act Festival, Sol Project’s Sol Fest, and the New Harmony Project Alumni Reading Series. As a writer, her work has been developed and recognized by Teatro del Sol, Atlantic Theatre Company, La Jolla Playhouse, Two River Theatre, Arkansas New Play Festival, Bay Area Playwright’s Festival, Theatre Exile, The New Harmony Project, Texas A&M University, Michigan State, Latinx Playwrights Circle, Art House Productions, and the Yale Drama Series. She is currently under commission with Arden Theatre Company and is a member of Soho Rep’s Writer/ Director lab, 2024-2025. Acting Credits include: Off-Broadway: According to the Chorus (Mallory, New Light Theatre Project) Regional: The Wolves (#14, Philadelphia Theatre Company). Iraisa Ann is an adjunct professor of Dramatic Writing at NYU Tisch and is a teaching artist with Roundabout Theatre Company, ESPA Primary Stages, and Dreamyard Inc. MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU. BA in Theatre and English from the University of Notre Dame.
Estefanía Fadul is a Brooklyn-based Colombian-American director, and co-Artistic Director of Ensemble Studio Theatre. Recent projects include the world premieres of Hotel Happy by Camilo Almonacid (Houses on the Moon), Eva Luna by Caridad Svich (Repertorio Español), The Garbologists by Lindsay Joelle (Philadelphia Theater Company), and Carla’s Quince created with The Voting Project Ensemble (Drama League Award nomination). Estefanía has developed new plays and musicals off-Broadway and regionally at the Public Theater, INTAR, Playwrights’ Realm, NYTW, Chautauqua, Audible, Juilliard, and more. She is the inaugural recipient of NYSAF's Pfaelzer Award. Affiliations: Drama League Board of Directors, Latinx Theatre Commons advisory committee, Lincoln Center Directors Lab, New Georges Affiliated Artist, SDC. B.A. Vassar College.
