Chrissy Hogue Bartels

Chrissy Hogue Bartels is an accomplished actor, screenwriter, director, and producer with award-winning work that ranges from Theatre to Commercial. She is also an independent filmmaker, providing exclusive workshops and one-on-one training for film and theatre festivals and as part of her touring one-person show The Stupider Economy. Chrissy has performed her one-person show The Stupid Economy on tour since 2012. It earned a sell-out performance at United Solo Festival. Since the economy has gotten much stupider since we started touring The Stupid Economy, we felt it was time for a sequel. And thus, The Stupider Economy was born. Chrissy is a co-founder of the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival which was named Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World by MovieMaker Magazine and has brought The Vagina Monologues to raise $30,000 in 2 nights for a local crisis shelter. Chrissy served as Executive Producer, Co-Director, Writer, and Actor for the short films 60 Cycle Hum and Valley of Death. She started her education at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, holds a BA in Theatre from Franklin Pierce University, and an MFA in Film & Television with a concentration in Script & Screenwriting from Regent University. Further training includes: James Ciccone (Scene Study), American Academy of Dramatic Arts, The Second City, The TheaterMakers Studio, Bonnie Gillespie, and Wendy Alane Wright.