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RITA
ROMERO

Producer. Performer. Organizer.
Builder of unforgettable rooms.

Meet Rita ↓
Rita Romero wearing a cream suit in a marble-lined interior

01 / The short version

I don’t fit into one box.
I build new ones.

I’m Rita Romero: a producer, creative director, performance artist, community organizer, event coordinator, tour manager, nonprofit co-founder, and professional problem-solver.

For more than two decades, I’ve turned raw ideas into real world experiences. From international tours and underground nightlife to artist centered nonprofit programming and public demonstrations.

I know how to see the whole room; the people, the politics, the money, the timing, the feeling, and make every piece land.

Rita Romero performing in a gold sequined costume
Performer
Rita Romero wearing a gold blazer in a dressing room
Producer

02 / Selected work

The worlds
I’m building.

01

Founder · Creative Director

FemMenThem

A Massachusetts nonprofit and recurring performance platform centering QBIPOC, trans, nonbinary, and underrepresented artists—with real bodies, real stories, and paid opportunities.

FMT
02

National Organizer

Sex Worker Pride

Public action, celebration, and community infrastructure built around visibility without forced disclosure. Launched in New York and expanding city by city.

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SWP
03

Producer · Curator

Red Light Disco

Nightlife with a political pulse: performances, organizing, harm reduction, and unapologetic celebration under one roof.

RLD
04

Co-Founder

RVDIOVCTIVE

Turned a Brooklyn warehouse party into a multi-city music brand—financing and producing its Miami expansion during Winter Music Conference and Art Basel, developing merchandise and grassroots marketing campaigns, and laying the groundwork for its evolution into a record label.

RVD
06

Producer

Blackheart Films

An independent adult production studio built around performer-centered storytelling, queer desire, creative control, and the conviction that erotic film deserves to be treated as both craft and culture.

BHF
07

Performance Artist

Rita La Reina

Burlesque. Sideshow. Spectacle. Sword swallowing, fire eating, glass walking—and the kind of stage presence you don’t forget.

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RLR

03 / No conventional route

Built in the real world.

Rita Romero leading a march beneath red umbrellas
Organizer
Rita Romero in a tailored black suit outside Grand Central Terminal
Entrepreneur
20+years producing
& performing
27countries toured
150+people in the room
at a single show
∞ways to get it done

I’ve coordinated artists, venues, hotels, promoters, travel routes, merch, money, meals, and emergencies across continents. I’ve worked union stages, run site operations, driven forklifts, welded, taught yoga, created performance worlds, and built organizations from nothing but conviction and a deadline.

My résumé isn’t a straight line. It’s proof that I can walk into chaos, understand what matters, and make the impossible happen.

04 / What I believe

ARTISTS DESERVE TO BE PAID ✦ COMMUNITY IS A VERB ✦ SAFETY SHOULD NEVER REQUIRE SILENCE ✦ MAKE THE ROOM BIGGER ✦

05 / Let’s make something real

Bring me the
impossible idea.

Tour Management · Artist Relations · Community Organizing · Experiential Events · Nonprofit Strategy · Brand Development