About

Cambria Herrera is a Xicanx theatre director and educator based in San Diego, California and Portland, OR. All of their work rises from their core inspiration: queer and female artists of color from the past and present. They have a passion for using theatre to empower young people in building empathy for themselves and the world around them. At UCSD they completed an MFA in directing and created The Stars Through the Smog Showcase for a collective of diverse undergraduate students to incubate original works on themes of identity and reclamation. They co-founded and facilitated The AGE Theatre Collective and mentorship program in Portland, Oregon to empower the resiliency of female and non-binary theatre artists of color. Recent credits include 900 Years at UCSD’s Wagner New Play Festival (Director), Blu at UCSD (Director), (Un)Documents at Diversionary Theatre (Touring Production Director), Fandango for Butterflies (And Coyotes) at La Jolla Playhouse (Associate Director), Fifty Boxes of Earth at UCSD (Director), In The Red and Brown Water at UCSD (Director), a queer adaptation of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare at UCSD (Director), World Premiere Adaptation of King Arthur at Long Beach Opera (Assistant Director).

Cambria is available for freelance directing, teaching, assistant directing, and community workshops online, in southern California, and in Portland, Oregon.

AWARDS

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Meritorious Achievement for Direction of The Balkan Women at George Fox University,

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival New Playwright Network Fellowship Winner, Region 7

Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Directing Competition Winner, Region 7

George Fox University Ethel Ankeny Drama Scholarship