Carrie Houk
Executive Artistic Director
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. As an adjunct professor of casting and acting at Webster University, Houk has also taught at Washington University and Columbia College Chicago.
Inside the Tennessee Williams St. Louis Festival: An Exclusive Interv…
This show spotlights the Tennessee Williams Festival in St. Louis, featuring readings, panels, concerts, and exhibitions. The festival, founded in 2015, has gained national acclaim and won 13 awards from the St. Louis Theater Circle. Carrie Houk, Executive Artistic Director, …
The Rose Tattoo: Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis
The 7th Annual Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis has multiple events planned highlighed by this season's performance of The Rose Tattoo, a not to be missed production of Williams' romantic comedy, seen through the lens of...
The Glass Menagerie and The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis
The Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis is doing something unique with their performance of The Glass Menagerie this season. It is being performed in the backyard of the six-family flat where Tennessee Williams lived and th...
Tennessee Williams Festival-St. Louis
The award winning Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis overcomes the Covid dilemma of live performance in a creative way. Carrie Houk, executive artistic director and actress Elizabeth Teeter provide a look into the 2020 Fes...
Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis
Carrie Houck, Executive Artistic Director for the award winning Tennessee Williams Festival St. Louis, provides an exceptional description of the 2019 productions as well as some insights into how the festival started. Founde...