MIRLA CRISTE has written, directed, choreographed, vocal-coached, produced, designed, composed for and performed in many years of professional film, television, concert dance, and the dramatic and musical stage.

As a young actor in New York City, Mirla played lead and featured roles in a variety of classical and contemporary dramas, musicals, films and commercials before making her Broadway debut in the original cast of Miss Saigon.

Mirla has theatre degrees from Oberlin College and the University of California Irvine, and has designed and taught acting, voice and movement courses, full- and part-time, for a number of theatre programs all over the country.

In the Fall of 2013, Mirla dove headlong into Wilmington's theatre Community. Since then, she has directed, choreographed and performed in theatre productions with a number of area organizations. Mirla has been nominated for an Encore Magazine Award, a Thalian Association Award and eight Wilmington Theatre Awards in a variety of categories, with four wins.

In 2024, Mirla plays the role of Ady Bell in Jacob Joyner's upcoming feature, Clementine Rodeo. She will serve as ringmaster for Wilmington Circus' Halloween Circus in October. In November, Mirla, with collaborators Rachael Scott Crawford and Karola Lüttringhaus, will premiere Witness, a multimedia improvisation using music, painting and a nod to Authentic Movement, for the Cucalorus Film Festival's dance/film showcase, Dance-a-lorus.