ANGELA APODACA is a Los Angeles-based playwright, poet, actor, and educator. She is a devoted bridge builder in our world neighborhood and as a performer-creator, she is passionate about collaboration and building supportive containers guided by play, discovery, connection, and mutual respect.

 

As a teaching artist, Angela utilizes a wide range of tools from theatre and other modalities including Theatre of the Sphere, vocal and physical warm-ups, mindfulness meditation, and HealthRHYTHMS. She has trained with Teatro Campesino in facilitating Theatre of the Sphere Vibrant Being Workshops and she is a trained HealthRHYTHMS facilitator through Remo, the percussion instrument brand. She has facilitated workshops in-person and online for nonprofit organizations, international retreats, art galleries, and museums including Bowers Museum and Bowers Kidseum. She is an ensemble member and Teaching Artist with Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble. 

 

As an actor, Angela has performed with South Coast Repertory, Native Voices, Milagro Theatre, Company of Angels, Teatro Frida Kahlo, LA Female Playwrights Initiative and others. 

 

A 2025 EMBARK New Play Cohort participant with the Orange County Playwrights Alliance, her newest play American Cholita explores Quechua culture, migration, sisterhood, and skateboarding. Upcoming publication of an original song, Boli-Mex Love Story, with Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble. 

 

Angela creates to connect with people and place/Pachamama/Mother Earth and to honor the stories and culture of her Yaqui, Quechua, Bolivian, and Mexican ancestors, whose shoulders she stands on with gratitude.