Photo by Daniel Rosales Acadia Barrengos (she/her) is a New York based director whose work excavates lost histories and engages audiences viscerally and cellularly. 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. Acadia directs works that investigate where the intimate and the epic collaborate. She leads rehearsal rooms filled with joy. Her work investigates the ugly, 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 will make her film directorial debut with Eloise, a narrative short written by Isabel Lagana, in collaboration with Next Stop Creatives shooting January 2024.
Acadia is the intimacy director of the fall season at Rutgers University, Mason Gross including Mud Row, Orlando, At the Wedding and new play, Time Stops.
Acadia is returning to UNCSA to direct Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin in April 2025.
Acadia is co-directing Riven by Marina Zurita at SureWeCan Recycling Center in Brooklyn in May 2025.
Ongoing collaborations with playwrights Becca Carter Freeman and Téa Wolk