BOARD AND STAFF

Board of Directors

Staff Leadership

Executive Artistic Director

Carrie Houk

Carrie Houk has spent her professional life as an actor, casting director, producer and teaching artist. Educated at HB Studio in NYC and the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University, she began her acting career at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and from there worked in NYC, LA and Chicago. She has cast over thirty films, numerous television shows and countless national commercials and has worked with directors Steven Soderbergh, Robert Altman, Alexander Payne, Howard Franklin, among others. She started her casting career in Chicago thirty five years ago and from there settled back in St. Louis to raise her daughter. She has produced two films and the critically acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams’s “Stairs to the Roof” directed by Fred Abrahamse. Adjunct professor of casting and acting at Webster University, Houk has also taught at Washington University and Columbia College Chicago.

Director of Operations

Miranda Jagels Félix

Miranda Jagels Félix is a St. Louis based theatre artist originally from Madrid, Spain. She holds an M.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies from Washington University, and a B.A. from Saint Louis University. Miranda is a member of Equally Represented Arts (ERA), a St. Louis area based professional theatre company committed to create original experimental works of theatre. She also frequently collaborates with Prison Performing Arts, where she was last seen in their original production of Hag-Seed. Other theatre companies Miranda has worked with on-stage and off-stage are Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble, The Midnight Company, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Upstream Theater, Critique Theatre Company, and YoungLiars. Miranda is thrilled to be part of the TWSTL family!