MIKAELA

Actor

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Singer

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Dancer

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Model

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Actor ✷ Singer ✷ Dancer ✷ Model ✷

BONILLA

“My question is, what else can I give to an audience and my colleagues, if not love? What else would my craft be knitted with if not love? Who would I be to share or play anything if there was no love possessing me? The answer to all of these questions is one word: nothing. I have vowed to never give them or myself “nothing”, so I must give us love. To love is to listen and to listen is to share and to share is an art. If I can stand on a stage with love pouring out of every last breath and bead of sweat, in every line of the stories people will gift me to share, then my life will fulfill its purpose.”

— Excerpt from Mikaela’s Artistic Statement

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CURRENTLY…

Mikaela recently reprised her role of Rosa Jane in the new play Ahead of Their Time by Jameson White for the third time this September at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center, making this production the show’s Regional Debut!

Learn more about the play @AHOTTPlay on Instagram!

“Mikaela Bonilla had the biggest lift as Rosa Jane, portraying her from age eight all the way through her 60s. Her purposeful alteration to her posture, walk, and voice throughout the play was subtle but effective in evoking aging without ‘playing old.’”

-Alex Isaak, The Pickup | Read Full Review Here

Tulsa Local News Press Here

YOU CAN CALL ME MIK!
                                             A BICOASTAL
GAL LIVING FOR THE HOPE OF IT ALL.

As for my place on the stage, screen and all in between, this is a piece of my philosophy I can offer…

Feeling included should be a given. Having a sense of belonging should be guaranteed. I will guarantee your sense of belonging, and my own, in my craft if it is the only thing I do- hopefully it is the only thing I do. I listen because I create art and I create art because I listen. My love for the story will never waver, which means my love for the people these stories belong to will not either. I will live in the artform of storytelling to feed my hungry soul, to mend my heart, and to infinitely attempt to do the same for you. If I can give my heart to you, in a story that could easily be yours or the person sitting next to you, and you are so inclined to take it, then I will be complete.

Thanks for stopping by! Most proudly referrred to as one’s “Most Fabulous Friend”, I’m just a small town girl always yielding a big idea. I’m originally from Hermosa Beach in Los Angeles, California where I first fell in love with musical theatre. After fifteen years I moved to Oklahoma! Where the wind does indeed come sweepin’ down the plain. I’ve only got four years of country living under my belt, but I’ve got my boots and occasional twang to prove it! My passion of performing took me one last hop across the country to NYC, where I pinch myself daily as I get to grow, create, and connect with all facets of life and art!