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 co-directing Riven by Marina Zurita at SureWeCan Recycling Center in Brooklyn in June 2025.
Post-production for her film directorial debut Eloise, a narrative short written by Isabel Lagana, in collaboration with Next Stop Creatives.
Acadia will return as Summer Acting Faculty in the UNCSA High School Conservatory Program, July 2025
Ongoing collaborations with playwrights Becca Carter Freeman and Téa Wolk
