Michele Apriña Leavy

Michele Apriña Leavy is a long-standing Resident Artist with Crowded Fire Theater. An actor, dancer, and choreographer, and arts educator, her bay area theater credits include: American Conservatory Theater, Alameda Civic Ballet, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, California Shakespeare Theater, Center Repertory Company, California Conservatory Theater, Marin Theatre Company, and TheatreWorks, among others. In farther locales, she has appeared with Theatre Key West (Florida), The Elephant Theatre Company (Los Angeles), and Theatre 167 (New York City). Michele is a teaching artist with various colleges, universities, and conservatory programs around the bay and beyond. She also serves on the steering committee for the Latinx Theater Commons, a national movement that seeks to amplify Latinx theater artistry.