Tangie Brickhouse-Beaty, born and raised in Norwalk, CT, is the founder/CEO of WOW (Walking on Water) Productions, CEO of Brickbeat Agency and the Executive Director of WOW Performing Arts Center, all in Columbia, SC.
With over 18 years of experience, Tangie, a national award winning playwright, film writer and director that has produced over 25 productions and co-written/co-directed 3 films (two of which won 1st place in a Jasper Film Festival). As well as a Casting Director with credits that include feature and short films, stage plays, commercials, voiceover and web-series projects across the nation. Tangie received a national distribution deal for her first stage play, Yesterday Is Still Gone, awarded Best Stage Play Director at the Kingdomwood Christian Film Festival, listed as The Top 12 Most Interesting Minorities of 2013, selected as SC Black Pages as Top 40 Under 40 in SC, awarded Best Theatre Production Company and Best Theatre Director by Black Women in Jazz and Arts in Atlanta, GA and more.
Tangie has made her mark in history as opening the first Urban Black Box Theatre in the state of SC owned by a woman. Tangie is on the Executive Board of Directors of Urban Playwrights United, a mentorship group to over 2000 playwrights nationwide; Secretrary of the Carolina Film Network Board of Directors also a Business Advisor for the Benedict College Women’s Business Center. In 2017, Tangie founded the non-profit agency, WOW Performing Arts Center, an agency geared to helping actors, writers and directors in telling their story to the best of their ability.
Tangie received a certification as a Film Producer and Line Producer from the Film Institute of Hollywood, AS Degree in Computerized Accounting from Gibbs College, and a Human Resources Certification from Yale University. Tangie is married to Thomas Beaty for 24 years, has 2 sons - James and Isaiah and an adorable grandson, Elijah.