2021 NHP Alum Iraisa Ann Reilly’s January 6: A Celebration. A Bodega Princess Remembers Tradition, Not Insurrection invites audiences to reimagine January 6th as a day of celebration, not division. Written and performed by Reilly, this interactive one-woman show, presented by Simpatico Theater, takes center stage in a workshop presentation at The Louis Bluver Theatre at The Drake from April 8 through April 27, 2025.

In the basement cafeteria of St. Nicholas School in Egg Harbor City, NJ, the Latiné community held a huge celebration every January 6th to celebrate the Feast of Los Reyes Magos. In the moments before the fiesta in 1998, eight-year-old Iraisa Ann Reilly prepares for her first ever solo.

Granddaughter of the neighborhood-famous Pepe, a cultural and social cornerstone of the community, Reilly leads us through years of Reyes Magos celebrations, sharing her family and her hometown where she grew up divided between language and culture. Will her performance that night change the course of her life forever?