I knew there was something special about the theatre for me, something beyond the regular reality, something that I could get into and transend and become something other than myself.
Raul Julia
Raul Julia
Awards & Recognitions:
2020 - "On The Boulevard" Official Selection HollyShorts Screenplay Competition
2019 - Semi-Finalist New Plays for Young Audiences at the Provincetown Playhouse 2019 - Finalist Pegasus PlayLab at the University of Central Florida
2019 - The Tank Pilot Program Writer's Group
2019 - Semi-Finalist Princess Grace Playwrighting Fellowship, "The Spirit, The Body & The Blood"
2018 - "Los Embrujados/The Haunted Ones" - Original Works Publishing
2018 - LITCouncil Men of Color Playwrighting residency
2017 - Semi-Finalist Eugene O'Neill Playwright Conference, "Frederick Douglass & The Fallen Angels"
2017 - Semi-Finalist Princess Grace Playwrighting Fellowship, "Frederick Douglass & The Fallen Angels"
2015 - Best Short Play Award Downtown Urban Theatre Festival for "Between a Hot Dog and a Hard Place"
2013 - Northpoint Voices Inside/Out Playwright Residency award
2012 - "In Da Boogie Down" - Finalist Metlife Foundation "Nuestra Voces" National Playwrights
Competition
2012 - "Undertow" third place finalist best short play award Downtown Urban Theatre Festival
2012 - "Afterloss" finalist for StageWorks/Hudson Play by Play festival
2012 - Top Five Finalist for Northpoint Voices Inside/Out Playwright Residency
2011 - Top Ten Finalist for Northpoint Voices Inside/Out Playwright Residency
2011 - Play Commission from Apple Core Theatre Company
2010 - Social Drama Training Certificate: Introduction to Sociodrama (parts 1 & 2),
Practicum - Instructor: Nancy Sondag, RDT/BCT, LCAT)
2010 - Certificate in Special needs Education: TATI (Teaching Artist Training Institute)
2010 - Certificate in Advanced Teaching-Artist Training Program -
Community-Word Project
2009 - "Night Train" - Finalist Second annual New Works festival/
Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble
2007 - Certificate in using the arts with the HIV/AIDs Population -
Rutgers School of Social Work/Arts in Prevention Workshop
2006 - Metlife Foundation "Nuestra Voces" National Playwrights' Competition runner up
"Best Play" award for "Midnight Mass"
2006 - NYC Department of Cultural Affairs award for "Voices From The Front: W.A.C. Iraq
& Tours of Duty"
2005 - Co-winner "Best Short Play" award from The Downtown Urban Theatre Festival/
Arco Entertainment for "Tours of Duty"
2004 - Sundance Film Institute Film/Writer's Workshop Finalist for "Los Hermanos Dela Cruz"
co-written with Mary Perez
2003 - Quarter Finalist American Gem Short Screenplay Competition for "J & P4 Ever"
1984 - Citation of Merit award NYPD
1983 - Citation of Merit award NYPD
2020 - "On The Boulevard" Official Selection HollyShorts Screenplay Competition
2019 - Semi-Finalist New Plays for Young Audiences at the Provincetown Playhouse 2019 - Finalist Pegasus PlayLab at the University of Central Florida
2019 - The Tank Pilot Program Writer's Group
2019 - Semi-Finalist Princess Grace Playwrighting Fellowship, "The Spirit, The Body & The Blood"
2018 - "Los Embrujados/The Haunted Ones" - Original Works Publishing
2018 - LITCouncil Men of Color Playwrighting residency
2017 - Semi-Finalist Eugene O'Neill Playwright Conference, "Frederick Douglass & The Fallen Angels"
2017 - Semi-Finalist Princess Grace Playwrighting Fellowship, "Frederick Douglass & The Fallen Angels"
2015 - Best Short Play Award Downtown Urban Theatre Festival for "Between a Hot Dog and a Hard Place"
2013 - Northpoint Voices Inside/Out Playwright Residency award
2012 - "In Da Boogie Down" - Finalist Metlife Foundation "Nuestra Voces" National Playwrights
Competition
2012 - "Undertow" third place finalist best short play award Downtown Urban Theatre Festival
2012 - "Afterloss" finalist for StageWorks/Hudson Play by Play festival
2012 - Top Five Finalist for Northpoint Voices Inside/Out Playwright Residency
2011 - Top Ten Finalist for Northpoint Voices Inside/Out Playwright Residency
2011 - Play Commission from Apple Core Theatre Company
2010 - Social Drama Training Certificate: Introduction to Sociodrama (parts 1 & 2),
Practicum - Instructor: Nancy Sondag, RDT/BCT, LCAT)
2010 - Certificate in Special needs Education: TATI (Teaching Artist Training Institute)
2010 - Certificate in Advanced Teaching-Artist Training Program -
Community-Word Project
2009 - "Night Train" - Finalist Second annual New Works festival/
Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble
2007 - Certificate in using the arts with the HIV/AIDs Population -
Rutgers School of Social Work/Arts in Prevention Workshop
2006 - Metlife Foundation "Nuestra Voces" National Playwrights' Competition runner up
"Best Play" award for "Midnight Mass"
2006 - NYC Department of Cultural Affairs award for "Voices From The Front: W.A.C. Iraq
& Tours of Duty"
2005 - Co-winner "Best Short Play" award from The Downtown Urban Theatre Festival/
Arco Entertainment for "Tours of Duty"
2004 - Sundance Film Institute Film/Writer's Workshop Finalist for "Los Hermanos Dela Cruz"
co-written with Mary Perez
2003 - Quarter Finalist American Gem Short Screenplay Competition for "J & P4 Ever"
1984 - Citation of Merit award NYPD
1983 - Citation of Merit award NYPD
