John Rafael Maria Gutierrez is a multidisciplinary actor, mover, and maker who has performed on screen and stages across 30 cities, 20 countries, 12 states, and 4 continents.John was raised in a hood commonly known as "Little Dominican Republic," aka Washington Heights, and has spent most of their life on Lenape land. As a first generation Dominicanx-Americanx and the first person in their family born in the US, John is carving out and balancing their own identity within his family, cultural hxstory, and artistic expression.Since finishing their BFA (theater/drama) at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Minor in Art & Public Policy, John has ventured into various worlds of performance - working with directors and choreographers such as Big Dance Theater, Miguel Gutierrez, Full Circle Souljahs, The Ridiculous Theater Company, Pilobolus, Andrew Schneider, Richard Hoehler, Raja feather Kelly, MOTUS of Italy, Ivica Buljan of Croatia, Allyson Green, Jesse Phillips-Fein, Martha Tornay, Jeanette Stoner, Culture Hub NYC, and many more, performing in venues all over the East Coast and Europe such as BAM, The Kennedy Center, La MaMa, Dixon Place, Danspace, Dance Place DC, BAX, and many more. John is a proud member of the legendary Great Jones Rep Company of La MaMa.John's personal work combines theater, movement, and original music in English & Spanish, ranging from artistic expressions based in everything from hip hop to postmodern dance and has had their works presented at La MAMA, New York Live Arts, Dixon Place, Gibney Dance Center, Judson Church, and BAAD! His work, typically collaborative based, often deals with current and historical interpersonal and systemic sociopolitical issues.Recent. A Thousand And One, dir. A.V. Rockwell, starring Teyana Taylor. Law & Order: SVU dir. Norberto Barba. BRICLab Resident Artist (2023), Fresh Tracks Artist New York Live Arts (2022), La MaMa Resident Artist (2021)