Angie Kamel

Angie Kamel has been leading Seattle Rep’s Public Works initiative since 2018 when she was drawn to the program’s values-based practice in engaging the region’s communities in ambitious works of participatory theater. Seattle Rep’s Public Works makes theater of, by, and for the people rooted in the values of equity, imagination, and joy.

She began her career in San Diego working with La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, San Diego Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Music Society, UCSD’s Department of Theater and Dance among others. Upon moving to Seattle almost a decade ago she worked in Seattle Rep’s production department before moving back to Southern California to serve as the Institute Manager for Cornerstone Theater Company-a 33 year-old community-centered organization based in Los Angeles. It was there she began to realize her life-long goals of making theatre with and for everyone. She worked alongside some of the most innovative theater-makers in the country to create mutually beneficial partnerships with a wide range of communities, fostering collaborative art-making between artists of various levels of experience.

She was a recipient of the TCG Continuing Education Grant in 2016. The grant allowed her to deeply examine the successes and challenges of building and sustaining theaters-of-color in predominantly white cities, and has led comprehensive artistic engagement strategies for A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle.

Angie proudly serves on the board of Theatre Puget Sound. She holds a B.F.A from the University of Arizona and an M.F.A. from the University of California, San Diego.