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Acadia Barrengos (she/her) is a New York based director whose work excavates lost histories and engages audiences viscerally. In addition to NYC, her work has been produced in  Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, North Carolina, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Scotland and Italy.

Inspired by the study of epigenetics, Acadia is driven by stories that wrestle with inheritance and she prioritizes surprise, ensemble, and rhythm in her work. The theatre she engages walks the line of hope and doubt, and investigates the space between the pedestrian and spectral, the bloody and the magical.

B.F.A in Directing from University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a Minor in Arts Entrepreneurship.

RESUME

Ongoing & UpcominG:

  • Assistant Director & Associate Producer on The Importance of Being Earnest at Rhinoleap, September 2026

  • Directing an all femme production of Macbeth at University of North Carolina School of the Arts, October 2026

  • Directing The Wall Chat, narrative short film, written by Rohit Lila Ram and Josie Lovage shooting October 2026

  • Acadia is an artistic producer with Four Plays And

  • Ongoing collaborations with playwrights Becca Carter Freeman, Téa Wolk, and Lyla Trilling

RECENT:

  • Directed Ample Light, a narrative short film, by Jackie Romankow, produced by Pardi Girl Productions

  • Co-produced Shell at Soho Playhouse, after it’s Edinburgh Fringe 2025 Run

  • Co-directed Lunch at A.P.E @Hawley in Northampton, Massachusetts.

  • Directed The Minutes with Atlantic Theatre Company Acting Studio.