The cast of Desde Nuestra Trinchera, presented at El Barrio Art Space the week of September 20 of 2021 and ran through the weekend.

["Desde Nuestra Trinchera " is a love letter to what was, what is and what will be. A collection of texts by Puerto Rican novel authors Stephanie Orta-Vázquez, Eric Colón, Xavier D. Ortiz and José Leonardo Sánchez, that explores themes of isolation, love and existence. An evening of ‘quimeras veces’, where all the texts will be presented for the first time. Join us to see the stars ‘desde nuestra trinchera’.]

The cast of Desde Nuestra Trinchera, presented at El Barrio Art Space the week of September 20 of 2021 and ran through the weekend.

["Desde Nuestra Trinchera " is a love letter to what was, what is and what will be. A collection of texts by Puerto Rican novel authors Stephanie Orta-Vázquez, Eric Colón, Xavier D. Ortiz and José Leonardo Sánchez, that explores themes of isolation, love and existence. An evening of ‘quimeras veces’, where all the texts will be presented for the first time. Join us to see the stars ‘desde nuestra trinchera’.]

A still from the 2020 virtual presentation of “Unpacking Anesi”, a one-person show meant to be presented online, completely written, performed and executed by Stephanie Orta-Vazquez with the co-directing assistance of Alyssa Kakis and Kelly Ng.

A still from the 2020 virtual presentation of “Unpacking Anesi”, a one-person show meant to be presented online, completely written, performed and executed by Stephanie Orta-Vazquez with the co-directing assistance of Alyssa Kakis and Kelly Ng.

A still from this world is for the frat bros by Chloe Xtina. Performed online, Stephanie played Tasha and Nebula. Directed by Alex Church-Gonzales. Choreographed by Asha Destini Printup. This performance is available to watch free of charge through Breaking & Entering’s website.

Promotional shot taken for Water Water Everywhere, performed at Governor’s Island with Exquisite Corpse Company in 2019. Stephanie originated the role of Molly and received a lot of praise for this immersive piece involving 3 alternate storylines set in the past, present and future.

A behind-the-scenes pic of the “best friend squad” in the Warner Brother’s take on the famous book by Nicola Yoon. Yara Shahidi played the lead, while Stephanie played her friend Bev.

Rum & Choke, an all-femme ensemble originated by Stephanie Orta-Vázquez and 4 other members (one of them, Essence Brown, pictured here), created and presented Dark Matter as their final university project on 2019. It gained much attention for its absurdist qualities, pop-culture based hilarity, and for the fact that it featured a fever dream nightmare sequence where Britney Spears herself walks over the fallen main character to sing a remix of her top hits as the protagonist is beaten up, smeared with cupcakes, and then nailed to a cross, all the while keeping up with a choreographed routine with backup dancers and glittery leotards. In April of 2020 it was meant to have another run at The Tank, but got cancelled due to the Panorama, the Pan Dulce, the Panda Express, however you’d like to call it. Theater was cancelled for a bit.

Rum & Choke, an all-femme ensemble originated by Stephanie Orta-Vázquez and 4 other members (one of them, Essence Brown, pictured here), created and presented Dark Matter as their final university project on 2019. It gained much attention for its absurdist qualities, pop-culture based hilarity, and for the fact that it featured a fever dream nightmare sequence where Britney Spears herself walks over the fallen main character to sing a remix of her top hits as the protagonist is beaten up, smeared with cupcakes, and then nailed to a cross, all the while keeping up with a choreographed routine with backup dancers and glittery leotards. In April of 2020 it was meant to have another run at The Tank, but got cancelled due to the Panorama, the Pan Dulce, the Panda Express, however you’d like to call it. Theater was cancelled for a bit.

Presented at the famous Irondale Center, this run gained aw-struck reviews on the dance of the Seven Veils. Stephanie Orta-Vázquez was part of the outstanding ensemble.

Stephanie Orta-Vázquez in her portion of the often meta and comedy-driven (though she doesn’t seem to be having much fun in the picture) Warning! Contents May be Hot. This show was the culmination of Stephanie’s university study of Ensemble Devised Theater. It ran for 3 weeks at Theater Row in New York City .

Stephanie Orta-Vázquez in her portion of the often meta and comedy-driven (though she doesn’t seem to be having much fun in the picture) Warning! Contents May be Hot. This show was the culmination of Stephanie’s university study of Ensemble Devised Theater. It ran for 3 weeks at Theater Row in New York City .

A picture taken in-between shots of the Seven Hurts conceptual trailer.

Shot during the filming of B-Side, currently in post-production.

Shot during the filming of B-Side, currently in post-production.

Performed at the New York State Puppetry Festival, The Else was a puppetry piece created by Joshua Frederick and performed as part of the festival by a small ensemble of puppeteers, one of them being Stephanie. The Festival, being the first of its' kind in 2018, attracted a lot of attention.

Concept photoshoot for the Rum & Choke ensemble’s origination in 2018.

The Grotowski Institute in Poland was kind enough to have photographers take candid pictures of what a workshop in the institute consisted of. Stephanie is shown here in a Voice and Movement workshop.

The Grotowski Institute in Poland was kind enough to have photographers take candid pictures of what a workshop in the institute consisted of. Stephanie is shown here in a Voice and Movement workshop.

The Grotowski Institute in Poland was kind enough to have photographers take candid pictures of what a workshop in the institute consisted of. Stephanie is shown here in an intense Movement workshop.

What You’ve Done is an original one act play written by Allison Flom, Stephanie was honored to originate the role of Anne Baldwin at NY Summerfest, and to have been nominated by the festival for “Best Actress”.

Stephanie is a puppeteer trained in the arts by Josh Rice, founder of the New York State Puppet Festival. Here she puppeteers the Sheep character in Marie Antoinette, with ran for 3 weeks at Theater Row.

Invited to cold-read new scripts for Emma Goldman-Sherman at the Brave New Workshop Stage.

Invited to cold-read new scripts for Emma Goldman-Sherman at the Brave New Workshop Stage.

As part of the Girl Be Heard 2017 Ensemble, we originated a compilation of Poetry Performance into one show, with each poet’s individual performance featured throughout the project.

As part of the Girl Be Heard 2017 Ensemble, we originated a compilation of Poetry Performance into one show, with each poet’s individual performance featured throughout the project.

Exploring an alternate hyperbole universe where the world only knows love through pain and sex, but not romance, Mourning Wood is a celebration of all that makes theater funny and weird. Satirically using elements of BDSM culture that the media always gets painfully wrong, The Rum & Choke Ensemble (Stephanie is a founding member) devised a piece that can be performed anywhere that wants a good laugh.

Exploring an alternate hyperbole universe where the world only knows love through pain and sex, but not romance, Mourning Wood is a celebration of all that makes theater funny and weird. Satirically using elements of BDSM culture that the media always gets painfully wrong, The Rum & Choke Ensemble (Stephanie is a founding member) devised a piece that can be performed anywhere that wants a good laugh.

A devised piece based on the missed connections tab in the craigslist website. It was performed for the Dream It Up Festival in New York.

A promo shot for a devised piece based on the missed connections tab in the craigslist website. It was performed for the Dream It Up Festival in New York.

Improv by The Heirs of Hogwarts at The PIT. Stephanie was part of this group from its inception in the New York City improv scene. The troupe had shows every week at The PIT until the end of 2019.

Photoshoot for the promotion of the Improv Troupe: The Heirs of Hogwarts. Stephanie was part of this group from its inception in the New York City improv scene. The troupe had shows every week at The PIT until the end of 2019.

Sara Ruhl’s known play was presented at The Producer’s Club, with Stephanie playing a barbie-fied Hermia.

Presented at Dixon Place at a time where political turmoil discussing women’s rights was at an all-time-high, Locker Room Talk was a devised theater piece exploring the intricacies between gender and sex and fragile masculinity, and what happens when we switch them around. Directed by Rania Alrashoodi. Starring Stephanie as the lead role: Lilith.

Presented at Dixon Place at a time where political turmoil discussing women’s rights were at an all-time-high, Locker Room Talk was a devised theater piece exploring the intricacies between gender and sex and fragile masculinity, and what happens when we switch them around. Directed by Rania Alrashoodi. Starring Stephanie as the lead role: Lilith.

Stephanie played Brangian in this take on the Kneehigh Theater’s version of the classic story. Directed by Rania Alrashoodi.

Presented at The Hive NYC, In The Tent of the King was an original play written by Josh Call, retelling the known myth of Cassandra and Agamemnon.