Photo by Daniel Rosales 
Acadia Barrengos (she/her) is a New York based director whose work excavates lost histories and engages audiences viscerally. In addition to NYC, she has worked in Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and New Jersey.
Inspired by the study of epigenetics, Acadia is driven by stories that wrestle with inheritance. Her work prioritizes surprise, ensemble, and rhythm. Acadia’s work 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, Minor in Arts Entrepreneurship.
Ongoing & UpcominG:
Acadia is producing Shell at Edinburgh Fringe Festival August 2025. More here
Post-production for her film directorial debut Eloise, a narrative short produced by Next Stop Creatives.
She’ll be directing Marina Carr’s The Mai at UNCSA in October.
Ongoing collaborations with playwrights Becca Carter Freeman and Téa Wolk
