McCall Cadenas is a director, writer, and creative producer working across film, opera, and interdisciplinary performance, with a focus on contemporary work and new productions. Her practice centers on developing original pieces in close collaboration with composers and creative teams while reimagining classical works through a contemporary cinematic lens.

 

Raised in East Los Angeles, Cadenas creates work rooted in identity, memory, diaspora, and psychological interiority. Drawing from both cinematic and operatic traditions, her productions blend visual storytelling, musical structure, and immersive staging to create emotionally immediate experiences for contemporary audiences.

 

She has collaborated with organizations including Long Beach Opera, Latino Theater Company, and LA Opera. Her work has been supported by the California Arts Council and the Eastside Arts Initiative, where she is a two-time grant recipient. She recently completed the Opera Directing Seminar at The Juilliard School under Stephen Wadsworth.

 

Cadenas is particularly drawn to work that challenges traditional boundaries between disciplines while remaining grounded in intimate human experience.

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