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Darlinda Just Darlinda is celebrated American performance artist, actor, burlesque dancer, and producer known for her innovative and boundary-pushing work in the world of neo-burlesque and performance art based in New York City.

Early Life

Darlinda was born in Mendocino, CA. When she was 5 Darlinda started taking dance, comedy improv, and acting classes. She was a California Arts Scholar in 1994 and Graduated Cum Laude from California State University Monterey Bay in 2003, with a Bachelor of Arts in Teledramatic Arts and Technology (now called Cinematic Arts and Technology.) She moved to New York City in the Fall of 2003, worked in various bars, restaurants and at Babeland until Spring 2011 when she became a free-lance performing artist.

Live Theater

In the Spring of 2003 Darlinda directed Hedwig and The Angry Inch for her senior capstone at Cal State University Monterey Bay. In 2009 she joined the cast of Taylor Mac’s Obie Award Winning The Lily’s Revenge at HERE Art Center, as Bride Love. In 2012 she performed with Taylor Mac at The 29th Annual Roots of American Music Festival at Lincoln Center. In 2016 she performed as a Dandy Minion in Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music at St Ann’s Warehouse. 2009-2018 she performed with The Cockettes member, the late great Rumi Missabu, at Lincoln Center and Judson Memorial Church.In 2019 Darlinda danced in Machine Dazzle’s Treasure’s for The Guggenheim’s Works and Process In 2024 she also performed in the acclaimed Club Shortbus, the immersive version of John Cameron Mitchel’s 2006 film Shortbus.

Burlesque
Darlinda has performed at numerous prestigious venues and festivals, both nationally and internationally, earning accolades for her dynamic stage presence and creative vision. She is a founding member of the burlesque duo *The Schlep Sisters* and has collaborated with a wide range of artists and companies, contributing to the vibrancy of the contemporary burlesque scene.

Darlinda began her professional burlesque performance career in February 2004 with the formation of the The Schlep Sisters with Minnie Tonka, both of whom are featured in the 2017 Documentary Getting Naked. She continues to perform as a burlesque soloist in New York, performing at The Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend, The Slipper Room, House of Yes, The McKittrick, Joe’s Pub, and many other NYC Venues.

Performance Art
2007-2008 she created Year in Rainbow inspired by Morty Diamond and Linda Mary Montano. Inspired by the 6 color rainbow, she wore one color every other month and in-between months she wore rainbow clothes. She did live performances for each color month and at the end of the year she combined those performances and invited collaborators for The Year in Rainbow Finale at the now closed Zipper Factory.

2018 she created the Untitled Rainbow Project directed by Peekaboo Pointe and Produced by Rachel Jordan Brown at Wild Project. 2019 she wrote/performed/ produced One Woman Rainbow directed by Jenny Rocha at Joe’s Pub.

She repeated the Year in Rainbow Project August 2020-July 2021 instead of live shows she made 13 experimental videos and in May 2022 she produced Year in Rainbow LIVE at Joe’s Pub.

Film and Television
Darlinda joined the Screen Actors Guild and is a proud Union member, she can be found on television/film in: These Thems, Accommodations, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Boardwalk Empire, The Other F Word Series, Betty, and BIZARRE the film.