“When we stop caring what people think & start appreciating the power of our provocation of thought,
we can all stand in our truth in service of ourselves & world.”
— Julissa Contreras
Stage
Digital
Appearances
Performance & Hosting
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![Poderistas social image featuring Julissa as performer & writer]()
Poderistas
Salud y Poder Live
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Carrie Mae Weems “The Shape of Things”
Carrie Mae Weems “The Shape of Things” at the Park Avenue Armory.
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Vote Run Lead
#YourKitchenCabinet Season 2:
“What Do We Deserve? Representation”
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![Skittlez Ortiz and Julissa Contreras in Locked Up Bitches]()
Locked Up Bitches
Locked Up Bitches at The People’s Improv Theater
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![Panel discussion with five women seated on stage, one holding a microphone, in front of an audience, inside a room with brick and white walls and a green moss art piece.]()
Culture Lime
Host, The Lime at the SoHo Lounge
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![Event poster for The Afro Vibe Virtual Festival, presented by Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, scheduled for Saturday, September 19, 2020, with a live broadcast starting at 2 PM on ccadi.org. The poster features images of diverse African and Caribbean performers, dancers, and musicians, with colorful background and stylized text.]()
CCCADI
Nothing About Us Without Us,
the AfriBembé festival
Podcasts, Panels, + more
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Showtime: Everything’s Gonna Be All White
Showtime Docuseries from Sacha Jenkins
Episode 4: Everything’s NOT Gonna Be All White
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Spotify Aquí Siempre
Spotify Aquí Siempre: Latinx Podcast Panel
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Out in Tech
Out in Tech Corporate Roundtable
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"Mejorando la Raza"
"Mejorando la Raza": Addressing Colorism in the Dominican Community
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Museum of the Moving Image
MoMI: Changing the Picture 2019 panel
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El Palo Con Coco on Univision Radio X 96.3 NY
Interview with Julissa about Vámonos at INTAR Theatre
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Latinos Out Loud podcast
“Vámonos! Julissa Contreras Out Loud!”
“The HERLarious Show Out Loud: Playing with the Play Wrights”
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Eres.You
Be You, Own It! Live
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Just Words Nobody Cares
“Breaking Barriers & Building Bridges: Julissa Contreras’ Theatrical Odyssey”
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LUCHA
“Lucha Talk with Lauren Juageri”
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Not (Blank) Enough podcast
“Julissa Contreras: Not Late Enough”
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![The Wind & Cloud Podcast: What's Your Story?]()
The Wind & Cloud podcast
“Episode 47: Julissa Contreras”
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The Rick H. Show
“Bronché Bounce with special guest Julissa & Skittlez from Ladies Who Bronché”
Special Projects
Baldwin Project
The brainchild of the Middle Voice Theater Company’s mentor, Lucy Thurber, this on-going project that begins with the words of James Baldwin and grows with the conversations between company members and the community around race, class, gender, religion, nationalism, and other current events. We then write pieces inspired by the conversation to present back to the community as a gift and offering for healing.
2011 New Dramatist
2012 Washington and Lee University
2014 Hawthorne Cedar Knolls Residential Treatment Center
2014-2019 Hunter College: Macaulay Honors Writing Class
2019 WeWork
Rebirth Retreat
Transformation is catalyzed by self-reflection. When we retreat from our routines and environments, deep and honest reflection has space to expand. In this 5-day retreat, in collaboration with Vida Valdes founder of The Almighty Pineapple, we explore the mindsets, practices, and values that aid in our radical self-love and self-centering. What circumstance would you like to challenge yourself to examine in an effort to make new choices and change them? What would it feel like to offer yourself the time, space, and distance to rest, reflect, reset, recharge and be energetically rebirthed into a new paradigm?