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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 smiling in a red satin top backstage
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.

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

I helped take a Brooklyn warehouse party beyond New York—funding and producing its expansion into Miami during Winter Music Conference and Art Basel, developing merchandise and street-level campaigns, and pushing the idea toward becoming a record label.

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RV
05

Founder

Grounds for Seduction

A coffee and hospitality brand with a flirtatious point of view—created to bring together ritual, pleasure, culture, and community under one unmistakable identity.

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GFS
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.

BH
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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RR

03 / No conventional route

Built in the real world.

Rita Romero at Washington Square Park in New York City
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