Hailed for her “crystalline high notes” and “pristine, clear, gorgeous vocals”, Ortiz has built a crossover career in concert work as well as in traditional musical theatre repertoire. She is best known for her portrayal of Maria in West Side Story, in which the Boston Globe reviewed her performance as “A genuinely captivating Maria who glows in every scene she’s in…It is the radiant Ortiz whose all or nothing urgency carries this West Side Story to its highest points.” She has toured throughout the USA as Maria in the National Broadway Tour of West Side Story and debuted that production in Canada and Japan. She also played the role in many regional productions including at the The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts and the North Shore Music Theatre. Other theatre credits include Luisa in the off-Broadway productions of The Fantasticks at the Jerry Orbach Theater (directed by Tom Jones), Looloo Caroll in Fifty Million Frenchmen at the York Theatre and many more. She is known for combining a strong soprano voice with a comedic delivery. In addition to her theatre work she has sung as a featured soloist with numerous symphonies and orchestras, including the Grammy-Award Winning Nashville Symphony. She is a native New Yorker who studied classical singing for many years and trained as a lyric coloratura. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Theatre Arts from Pace University and a Master’s Degree in Vocal Performance from New York University. Visit www.evyortiz.com for updates.
Full Credits:
Broadway/National Tours: Maria in West Side Story (1st National Broadway Tour; dir. David Saint)
Off Broadway: Luisa in The Fantasticks (The Snapple Theater; dir. Tom Jones)
Regional: Maria in West Side Story (Lexington Theatre Company, The Ordway Theater, North Shore Music Theater, Theater by the Sea, RI), Other World: Lab (Baryshnikov Arts Center; dir. Gabriel Barre), Philia in A Funny Thing…Forum (Theater by the Sea), Maria in West Side Story (Beef and Boards, IN), Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (The Schaeberle Theater), Masha in The Seagull, (The Schaeberle Theater), Raven in Odin: The Percussion Opera (The Frederick Lowe Theater; World Premiere), A Grand Night for Singing (The Schaeberle Theater), Dada: The Gas Heart (The Schaeberle Theater)
Film/TV: Rosario Santos in Law & Order: Organized Crime (Co-Star), Cynthia in Lost Revolution (SAG Independent), Nurse U/5 in One Life to Life (ABC)
Concert Appearances: Guest soloist in West Point Band Holiday Show (Eisenhower Hall), Solo Show; Stage of Love (Metropolitan Room)
Training: MA Vocal Performance at The Steinhardt School of Education, New York University; BA Theatre at Pace University