Julia Dolores van der Pas

Julia Dolores van der Pas (Eindhoven, 1994) is a Dutch actress and theater maker.

In 2006 she attends Novalis College, where her graduation work consists of a personal presentation in which she tries to find an answer to the question: 'Who is my father?'

After a gap year in Southeast Asia, in she begins 2013 her studies at the Fontys Academy for Theatre. There she obtains her diploma in 2017 with Kalf, a youth theater performance played in the pot stable of the Genneper Hoeve in Eindhoven.

Already during her studies Julia starts her career as an actress with the performance Onder het Melkwoud by Afslag Eindhoven. As a theater director she is then involved with theater group Tiuri and her own maker's house Steinmann&vanderPas. This company debuts in 2018 with a performance about the vagina titled Stairway to Heaven and wins the audience award at the Café Theater Festival Tilburg.

Besides theater, van der Pas also finds inspiration in the visual arts. This results in a series of paintings and a first photo exhibition during K*T Weekend in Wallstreet Eindhoven.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its lockdown in March 2020 Julia is forced to throw herself into a job as an agricultural worker at the Genneper Hoeve and Sengersbroek. The impulsive purchase of an old campervan marks the start of a ramble through the country. Suzanne The Pancake Van turns out to be a perfect Corona-proof kitchen and together with partners-in-crime Imke Sloos and Ester de Bruijn she sets up several social and culinary projects.