April Ortiz

AEA Member
April Ortiz

(Tigua)

(she/her/hers)

Older Irma and Ensemble in Between Two Knees (April 3–May 19)

Other theatres: New York: Principal Standby, In the Heights (Richard Rodgers Theatre); Inez in Tio Pepe (Somewhere) (The Public); Rita Mae in The View Upstairs (Culture Project); Marina in Children of Salt (NYMF); Mama in Castronauts (The Zipper Factory); April in A Woman’s Work (Flatiron Playhouse); Narrator in Transformations (Homespace); Betty Still-Smoking in Distant Thunder (Amas Musical Theatre). Tours: Daniela, In the Heights (first national tour); Demeter in Cats (National Shubert Theatre LA); Swing in La Cage aux Folles (National Pantages Theatre LA). Regional: Camila, In the Heights (Theatre Under The Stars); Daniela, In the Heights (Pittsburgh CLO); Luz in Sunsets and Margaritas, Lola in Barrio Babies (Denver Center); Stepmother in Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella (Yale Repertory Theatre); Denise in Bright Ideas (Laguna Playhouse); Lady Anne in Richard III (Alexander Repertory).

Awards: 2016 NYMF Award for Individual Performance (Children of Salt).

Film/TV: Father of the Bride, The Majestic, Frame of Mind, Kink Inc., Elementary, Instinct, Braindead, Law & Order: CI, Everybody Loves Raymond, ER, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Golden Girls, Coach, Empty Nest, many others.

Video Game: Grand Theft Auto V.