Louis Wells

(He/Him)

Originally from St. Louis, MO, Louis Wells traveled to NYC and first discovered improvisation at the New Actors Workshop, founded by Paul Sills, which made such an impression that, upon return, Louis set on to kick off his college’s first improv troupe (Rancid Paint Improv). Louis graduated with a BFA in Theatre from The University of Central Missouri and moved to Austin, TX. There, he became a founding member of The Heroes of Comedy at the Hideout Theater, where he trained and performed for five years. Louis left Austin for New Jersey to pursue a Master of Fine Arts in directing from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. 

For over fifteen years Louis was the Artistic Coordinator of the Rutgers-Newark/NJIT joint theater program, where he founded the Newark Improv Festival and the Center for Applied Improvisation at NJIT. 

Louis recently relocated to Zaragoza Spain where he works as a facilitator.