Iraisa Ann Reilly (She/Ella) is a writer, performer, and educator who is half-Cuban, half-Irish, and whole New Jersey. 

Select full-length plays include Good Cuban Girls (Teatro del Sol, at The Arden Theatre), The Jersey Devil is a Papi Chulo (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 (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).

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. Her play “House Bill 3979: Amendment #10: The Life and Works of Dr. Hector P. Garcia” was commissioned and produced by Texas A&M-University-Corpus Christi in 2022.

Iraisa Ann is currently under commission with the Arden Theatre Company in Philadelphia and Michigan State University. She is a recipient of the 2023 Latinx Playwright’s Circle Mentorship, working with mentor Migdalia Cruz.

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 an adjunct professor of Dramatic Writing at NYU and an Adjunct English professor at Atlantic Cape Community College. 

MFA in Dramatic Writing, NYU, BA Theatre and English University of Notre Dame.

2023 News

Named to Coverfly and Tracking Board’s “Next List” of screenwriters Read The Deadline Article

Recipient of a Lucille Lortel Theatre Micro-Commission to develop my one-woman show January 6, or Enero 6: A celebration which examines the Catholic, Latine Celebration of the Feast of the Three Kings Read the Article on Play Bill

A staged reading of The Jersey Devil is a Papi Chulo at Latinx New Play Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Directed by Dr. Patrice Amon Read about it on Play Bill

A staged reading of my play Miss America Pretty, Latinx Playwrights Circle Intensive Mentorship Tickets Here

A staged reading of my play Saturday Morning Cartoons directed by Jean Carlo Yunen at Arkansas New Play Festival (June 2023) Learn More

Saturday Mourning Cartoons named a semi-finalist for Premiere Stages New Play Festival Learn More

A staged Reading of Eminent Domain with Art House INKubator in Jersey City May 8th Read More

Proud to be named a recipient of the 2023 Latinx Playwright’s Circle Mentorship Read The Article in American Theatre Magazine

Performed Off-Broadway March 28-April 15 as “Mallory” in Arlene Hutton’s According to the Chorus 

Read about it on Play Bill

Saturday Mourning Cartoons named a semi-finalist for the Blue Ink Playwriting Award Learn More

2022: 

Saturday Mourning Cartoons staged reading at Bay Area Playwrights Festival (Winner) August 5, 2022 Learn More

The Jersey Devil is a Papi Chulo staged reading at Sol Project’s Sol Fest in partnership with Pregones and PRTT August 9, 2022 Learn More