Name: "Honey Bee Baby" - a world premiere play by Erlina Ortiz
Start: 2025-01-09T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-09T22:00:00-05:00
Location: 5426 Harford Rd, Baltimore, MD 21214-2215, United States

Melisa is a kind-hearted follower of rules. She desperately wants a child, if only she could pass the government mandated test that will allow her to do it. Young Clarisa knows nothing except the perfectly curated life her parents have carved out for her in their fortified underground mansion. She too has a test to pass, if only she could focus, follow, listen; the way Mother wants her to. In Erlina Ortiz’s magical "Honey Bee Baby," the bees are gone, the resources are scarce, and everyone must earn their place in a world where the lines between right and wrong are blurred by blood.
Jalice Ortiz-Corral ("Variations on The End" 2023; "Variations on Courage" 2024) directs.
Erlina Ortiz (she/her/ella) is a Dominican American playwright and theater maker from Pennsylvania. Her heartfelt and humorous plays have been presented across the US, and with Power Street Theatre in Philadelphia, where she is proud to be resident playwright and co-artistic director.
Performances are live and in person at Strand Theater, 5426 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21214. Tickets are general admission, $25. A special discounted "Industry Night" performance is just $10, on Monday, January 6. Tickets for all performances are available at https://square.link/u/Ev8sXvNC.
Two staged readings will also be featured during RLP’s Strand residency: "How the Fuck am I Pregnant? Or, a Trans Virgin Mary’s Tale" by Tess Huth on January 14, and the newly revised "Marjorie is Dead" by Priyanka Shetty on January 21. Tickets for the readings are $10, available at https://square.link/u/TSELCHhu.