BOARD AND STAFF
Board of Directors
President
Ted Wight
Vice Presidents
Scott Intagliata and John Russell
Secretary
Larry Mooney
Treasurer
Nathalie Gray
Executive Committee Member
Jill McGuire
Executive Committee Member
Marvin Anderson
David Caplin
KC Carroll
Barry Cervantes
Rayme Cornell
Colin Gibbs
John H. Grizzell
Bob Harvey
Terry Hoffman
Glenda Jehle
Ken Kranzberg
Nancy Kranzberg
John Nickel
Ken Page
Jim Poinsett
Jane Robert
Ann Scheuer
Terry Schnuck
Peter Shank
Joan Silber
Phyllis Weiss
Mei Yang
Carlos Zamora
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
Emma Glose
Since graduating from Saint Louis University with a degree in Theatre and Communication, Emma has worked with numerous theatre companies around St. Louis. Some include SATE, St. Louis Actor’s Studio, Moonstone Theatre Company, and Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Glose has experience prop designing, stage managing, directing, and sound designing. She has previously worked with the festival as a prop master in 2022 and assistant stage manager in 2023.