Julio Agustin

Julio Agustín (born Julio Agustín Matos, Jr) is an American theatrical multihyphenate (i.e. actor, director, choreographer, author, career coach) and recipient of the Broadway Legacy Robe. He performed in the original Broadway companies of Fosse, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown starring Patti LuPone, Steel Pier, Never Gonna Dance, the revival of Bells Are Ringing, and was featured opposite Bebe Neuwirth in Chicago (musical). He's appeared in the movies Center Stage and The Producers and is active in voice overs, commercials, and commercial print. In addition to his extensive work as a Broadway performer, he is an award-nominated director/choreographer.

He is the author of The Professional Actor’s Handbook: From Casting Call to Curtain Call (2nd edition) and “Navigating the Industry for Latinx Actors” in Latinx Actor Training, and various scholarly articles on radical inclusivity in musical theatre. Agustín’s consulting business, Agustin Consulting and Theatrical Services, LLC, serves to guide professional actors through the many phases of the performing arts industry.

Early life Julio Agustín was born in The Bronx to Puerto Rican parents. Agustín began playing the piano for his high school choir. It is through his accompaniment work that Agustin discovered his passion for musical theatre.

Career After graduating from Florida State University with a BM in Music Theatre, Julio Agustín began his professional career as a swing in the national tour of Kiss of the Spider Woman from 1994 to 1996, where he worked with Chita Rivera. He booked his first Broadway show shortly afterwards. In 1997, he performed as a swing for the Original Broadway Cast of Steel Pier at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

A few years later, Agustín performed as a company member for the Original Broadway Cast of Fosse at the Broadhurst Theatre. Agustín would work on this show from 1999-2001 with names such as Elizabeth Parkinson and Scott Wise. Nearly immediately after working in Chicago, Agustin jumped straight into performing in the Original Broadway Cast of Bells Are Ringing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (at the time known as the Plymouth Theatre) in 2001 with Faith Prince on this production.

Agustín returned to school to earn his MFA in acting from Columbia University where he studied from 2001 to 2002. He then took a break to return to the professional world. In 2003, Agustin traveled to Maine's Ogunquit Playhouse to perform in Evita. He would play Che opposite to Felicia Finley. Agustín performed as Rome Tome in the 2003 Original Broadway Cast of Never Gonna Dance at the Broadhurst Theatre. He worked with Nancy Lemenager and Noah Racey on this production.

After transitioning from school to the professional world and back, Agustín graduated from Pennsylvania State with his MFA in Directing in 2007. Agustín began his professional career in directing and choreographing. In 2007, he was the director/choreographer of Pennsylvania Center Stage's Movin' On (previously Out of Line).

Julio Agustín again returned to Broadway's Chicago from 2007 to 2008 to play Fred Casely(u/s) at the Shubert Theatre. He worked with Bebe Neuwirth and Bianca Marroquín during his second round in the production.

In 2008, Agustín traveled to the North Carolina Theatre to direct/choreograph Whistle Down the Wind. From 2010 to 2011, Agustín returned to Broadway to play Ambite in the Original Broadway cast of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at the Belasco Theatre. He would work with Patti LuPone and Sherie Rene Scott and receive the Broadway Legacy Robe for this show.

In 2012, Agustín would direct Sweet Charity at The New Haarlem Arts Theatre. This show would go on to win an Audelco Award for best choreography by Lanie Munro.

In the summer of 2016, Julio choreographed In the Heights at the Hangar Theatre and again at the Geva Theatre in Rochester, NY.

Theater Credits

Broadway

Tours / Regional Year Show Role Notes 2026 Spring Awakening Adult MaleTheatre 3 Dallas 2025 Waitress EnsembleDallas Theater Center 2023 Destiny of Desire Dr. MendozaThe Old Globe 2010 West Side Story BernardoThe Muny 2004 Breakfast at Tiffany's JoseThe Muny 2003 Evita Che Ogunquit Playhouse 1996 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Benjamin Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities 1994 - 1996 Kiss of the Spider Woman Swing National Tour Nov. 1994 - Aug. 1996

Directing/Choreography Year Show Role Notes 2026 Last Night at the Rue Bayou Choreographer Storyville Music Hall 2024 That Day in Tucson Director Norton Theatre, UNC 2024 In the Heights ChoreographerCleveland Play House 2022 On Your Feet! Director - ChoreographerNorth Carolina Theatre 2022 Elliot, a Soldier's Fugue Director ENT Center for the Arts 2019 Sister Act Director Post Playhouse 2018 Guys and Dolls ChoreographerTheatre Under the Stars 2017 In the Heights ChoreographerGeva Theatre 2016 In the Heights ChoreographerHangar Theatre 2012 Sweet Charity DirectorNew Haarlem Arts Theatre 2008 Whistle Down the Wind Director / ChoreographerNorth Carolina Theatre 2007 Out of Line Director / Choreography Pennsylvania Center Stage

Filmography

Film Year Film Role 2005 The Producers Samba Singer 2000 Center Stage Jazz Dancer

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated Work Result 2024 BroadwayWorld Best Choreography In The Heights 2022 BroadwayWorld Best Direction On Your Feet 2018 Houston Press Theatre Award Choreography In The Heights 2016 Syracuse Area Live Theatre Choreography In The Heights 2012 Audelco Award Directing Sweet Charity 2011 Legacy Robe Award Legacy Robe Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown