"Angie Louise is a singer, songwriter, actress, and comedienne with fearsome chops." - City Arts Magazine

"A keen, clear, satirical eye... Ironic and idealistic... Substantial talent and invention." - DVDTalk.com

"With her rich voice and comedic flair, Louise walks away with the show... A dynamic actor, handling comedy and near-tragedy with equal dexterity." - Seattle Times

"Sensational... Shows an emotional range most performers shy away from... Her instrument takes flight and you are mesmerized by her presence." - Seattle Gay News

Bio

Singer, actor, writer and composer Angie Louise has been creating and performing in her chosen city of Seattle since the 1990s. She is the longtime frontwoman and songwriter for the Weimar Berlin-inspired rock band The Love Markets, whose record releases include Beauty Factory (2016) and World Of Your Dreams (2013). She is a longtime member of Actors’ Equity Association, having toured regionally and appeared in many principal roles on Seattle’s AEA stages. Angie’s work as a writer and composer includes the screenplays and songs for two award-winning feature films, Gory Gory Hallelujah and Ira Finkelstein’s Christmas, starring Elliott Gould (Best in SIFF). In 2020, Angie composed songs and music for Seattle Children’s Theatre’s “radically transformed” production of Snow White. Angie is a past winner of the Academy of American Poets Prize.

Thanks to musical theatre, Angie's been cut in half by a magician, pulled around in a cart by a pony, shared scenes with dogs, rabbits and boa constrictors, roller-skated onstage, and worked with the likes of Charles Strouse and Judy Kaye. As an indie film actress, she's been burned at the stake, fought over by a clown and a mime, ridden a cannon, risen from the dead, and played Mrs. Claus in outer space. As an actor-musician, she's played a beehived housewife who rocks the piano (The 5th Avenue Theatre, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story), a German prostitute who accompanies herself on accordion (Cabaret at The 5th Avenue Theatre, Ordway Center, American Theatre of San Jose, and Houston’s Theatre Under The Stars); and rock star Jesse Dove in Citizen Ruth (Balagan Theatre workshop directed by Tony nominee Dan Knechtges).

Since 2017: Projects in the past few years include reprising the role of Hattie for Seattle’s Children Theatre in another production of the legendary Go, Dog. Go!; reprising the role of Molly in Unsinkable Molly Brown (Village Theatre) for Showtunes! Theatre Company; performing with The Love Markets all over the city including ACT Theatre, The Triple Door, TV's “ArtZone With Nancy Guppy”, GSBA’s Equalux, and Burlesco Notturno; writing music and songs for history cabaret Bell & Battery and Sandbox Radio, both recipients of grants from 4Culture; writing the TV pilot for The Mess, a series created and developed with director/producer Sue Corcoran about troubled tweens who form an all-girl punk band; and returning to Seattle Children’s Theatre to help workshop a new bilingual version of Go, Dog. Go! with playwrights Allison Gregory and Steven Dietz.

New in 2024: The year began with a WGA/NW Screenwriter’s Guild-sponsored reading of Angie’s screenplay Shooting Palmer (written with Sue Corcoran); the script is a New York International Screenwriting Competition Finalist recently awarded funding by Washington Filmworks. Spring and summer bring The Love Markets’ annual return to The Triple Door to kick off Seattle Cabaret Festival 2024; Angie’s solo festival shows at Egan’s Ballard Jamhouse; and The Love Markets’ one-hundredth-show celebration. Watch for a release date for The Love Markets’ third record (untitled album #3!) - due out this fall!

Awards

Writing: Academy of American Poets Prize; Quinn Fellowship for Poetry; two-time Trelease Fiction Award; Illini Poetry Prize; Pape Award.

Performance: Backstage West Critic's Choice, Best Actress in a Musical (Carnival, Village Theatre). Radio V/O: Best Local Commercial.

Film: Best Feature (Fantasy) at Shockerfest (LA) and Bravest Film Award from Gus Van Sant at BendFilm (Gory Gory Hallelujah, screenwriter, actor, songwriter); Best Comedy at Newport Beach Film Festival and Best of the Fest at SIFF (Ira Finkelstein’s Christmas, co-screenwriter, actor, songwriter); Best Short at Women In Film Awards (Circus of Infinity, co-screenwriter, actor, songwriter).