Julie Anne
Multidisciplinary Performing ArtistPeace Ambassador • Educator •
Vocal Sound Healer
Julie Anne Shapiro is a dynamic performing artist, vocalist, and ritualist whose work encompasses experimental musical theatre, devised physical storytelling and healing transformation. Her artistry is rooted in embodied expression, natural wisdom and creative collaboration—.
With a BFA in Musical Theatre from SUNY Fredonia and a rainbow paint set of rich musical & artistic study throughout the years, Julie blends rigorous classical training with a raw, organic flare. Her artistic inspiration often awakens from her own desires of freedom, justice, truth and love, expressed through physical and vocal language that is both intuitive and skillfully honed.
Julie has traveled, trained, performed and taught around the U.S. and internationally, weaving an original tapestry of theatre styles, world music, improvisation, and ritual. She is a certified Vocal Sound Healer (VSH Academy), a rites of passage facilitator, and an experienced educator working with students and communities to open into themselves through voice and movement.
Rooting in Santa Fe, NM since 2022, Julie has been a company member of Theatre Grottesco, Santa Fe Classic Theatre, Teatro Paraguas and Tri-M Productions. In 2023, she devised and premiered her original solo show Coming Home to Herself, a cabaret of song's from Strong and Dynamic Musical Theatre Women with whom she resonated with on her personal journey of Self Trust.
While living in the Land of Enchantment, Jules also trained with two Strong and Dynamic Legends themselves, Ruth Zaporah (Founder & Creator of Action Theatre) and Dr. Diane Richardson (Jazz Legend).
In 2024, Julie was an Artist-in-Residence with OYL Theatre Company- traveling to India, Japan, and Greece to train in ancient theatre techniques and perform in Ellen McLaughlin’s Oedipus. Her travels continued through the U.K., EU, and North Africa, where she deepened her work in spiritual practice, sustainable culture, and global vocal traditions.
Jewlie's Jewish heritage and earth-based spiritual path are integral to her creative process. Julie was a member of the Jewish Storyteller’s Guild led by Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and is on a path toward becoming a Hebrew priestess and sacred song leader. Her artistic work is in service to healing, connection, and revelation infused with ancestral connection and contemporary relevance.
Outside of her performance life, Julie is also a teaching artist, youth educator and enthusiastic gatherer of communities. She has worked as a tap teacher at NDI New Mexico, Theatre Teacher at the Dessert Montessori and Drama Counselor at Szarvas in Hungary and Camp Seneca Lake. For 4 years, Julie served as the Peace Ambassador Facilitator with Tomorrow's Women, supporting brilliant teenage femmes in a leadership empowerment and peace activist program in NM, in allyship with young women in Palestine and Israel.
Julie is now returning to her roots in NY where she is cultivating her craft in the City of Dreams.
With a BFA in Musical Theatre from SUNY Fredonia and a rainbow paint set of rich musical & artistic study throughout the years, Julie blends rigorous classical training with a raw, organic flare. Her artistic inspiration often awakens from her own desires of freedom, justice, truth and love, expressed through physical and vocal language that is both intuitive and skillfully honed.
Julie has traveled, trained, performed and taught around the U.S. and internationally, weaving an original tapestry of theatre styles, world music, improvisation, and ritual. She is a certified Vocal Sound Healer (VSH Academy), a rites of passage facilitator, and an experienced educator working with students and communities to open into themselves through voice and movement.
Rooting in Santa Fe, NM since 2022, Julie has been a company member of Theatre Grottesco, Santa Fe Classic Theatre, Teatro Paraguas and Tri-M Productions. In 2023, she devised and premiered her original solo show Coming Home to Herself, a cabaret of song's from Strong and Dynamic Musical Theatre Women with whom she resonated with on her personal journey of Self Trust.
While living in the Land of Enchantment, Jules also trained with two Strong and Dynamic Legends themselves, Ruth Zaporah (Founder & Creator of Action Theatre) and Dr. Diane Richardson (Jazz Legend).
In 2024, Julie was an Artist-in-Residence with OYL Theatre Company- traveling to India, Japan, and Greece to train in ancient theatre techniques and perform in Ellen McLaughlin’s Oedipus. Her travels continued through the U.K., EU, and North Africa, where she deepened her work in spiritual practice, sustainable culture, and global vocal traditions.
Jewlie's Jewish heritage and earth-based spiritual path are integral to her creative process. Julie was a member of the Jewish Storyteller’s Guild led by Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb and is on a path toward becoming a Hebrew priestess and sacred song leader. Her artistic work is in service to healing, connection, and revelation infused with ancestral connection and contemporary relevance.
Outside of her performance life, Julie is also a teaching artist, youth educator and enthusiastic gatherer of communities. She has worked as a tap teacher at NDI New Mexico, Theatre Teacher at the Dessert Montessori and Drama Counselor at Szarvas in Hungary and Camp Seneca Lake. For 4 years, Julie served as the Peace Ambassador Facilitator with Tomorrow's Women, supporting brilliant teenage femmes in a leadership empowerment and peace activist program in NM, in allyship with young women in Palestine and Israel.
Julie is now returning to her roots in NY where she is cultivating her craft in the City of Dreams.
Artistic Statement:
To create and perform work that is physically embodied, vocally resonant, spiritually curious, and socially igniting.
To be a bold and collaborative presence in ensemble-based work while continuing to lead roles that need emotional depth, complexity, rawness and truth.
To activate healing by being real and feeling with a commitment to expanding in love.
To create and perform work that is physically embodied, vocally resonant, spiritually curious, and socially igniting.
To be a bold and collaborative presence in ensemble-based work while continuing to lead roles that need emotional depth, complexity, rawness and truth.
To activate healing by being real and feeling with a commitment to expanding in love.
REVIEWS & TESTIMONIES
.."Shapiro’s Sally Bowles captured the desperation and sadness often disregarded in this role... She commands attention every time she enters the action, and breaks the hearts of the audience over and over again."
- Broadway World
- Broadway World
"Julie is sunshine. She absolutely lights up every space she enters and you can see the joy she brings to the world through the unavoidable smiles that reach the faces of those around her. Working with her has helped me become more comfortable in my womanhood and sense of self because she lives so unapologetically to her own self and I think that’s so refreshing and beautiful."
- Teenage Peace Ambassador
- Teenage Peace Ambassador
