4th Wall Theatre Company

About the Theatre

4th Wall Theatre Company is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization founded in 2011 by Kim Tobin-Lehl and Philip Lehl. Our mission is to produce extraordinary professional theatrical experiences and to set a high standard for excellence in acting, direction, and design. We believe that by paying artists a fair wage, we can grow and sustain the community of professional theatrical artists in Houston. We believe in developing and promoting the highest aesthetic of acting that is truthful, by producing exciting, cutting-edge, live theatre. In the future, our dream is that 4th Wall’s attention to excellence in performance will attract not only the best theatrical artists in Houston, but also the best theatrical artists in the country. Believing that our ethical monetary treatment of these artists will inspire other theatres to mimic our mission, we dream of a day when these artists will not only call Houston home, but will be able to ply their trades without needing to work any other job. We aim toward a day when sustained theatrical excellence inspires our audience and community to hold our art and the artists who make it to be an indispensable and valued part of life in Houston.

Review: THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME at Houston Broadway Theatre

by Jonathan Netek · June 21, 2026

The Bells Ring Loud Through The Wortham.…

Review: FADE TO BLACK at Shabach Enterprise

by Brett Cullum · June 19, 2026

You get an entire evening of short bursts of brilliance, kinda like a fireworks show to commemorate Juneteenth. This year, all ten entries are extremely solid in both what they say and who says them.…

Review: WAITING / REX at ISHIDA

by Brett Cullum · June 13, 2026

ISHIDA DANCE had a world premiere with their presentation of waiting / REX at the Asia Society Texas Center. This program is an adaptation of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Both are choreographed by the company’s artistic director.…

Review: CLUE from BROADWAY AT THE HOBBY CENTER

by Brett Cullum · June 11, 2026

There’s not much to critique here; CLUE is just fun. If you love the game or the movie, you know what you are in for ahead of time. It’s an hour and twenty minutes that flies by, leaves you laughing, and lets you forget the world for a bit.…

Review: MISERY at ALLEY THEATRE

by Brett Cullum · June 8, 2026

Whether you’re a #1 fan of Stephen King or just coming in the door, this MISERY is worth enduring. The acting is top-notch, and the tech puts the film to shame.…

Review: SPAMILTON & 21 CHUMP STREET at Stages Houston

by Jonathan Netek · June 6, 2026

It’s a Broadway Roast in this hilarious double bill!…

Review: AIRLINE HIGHWAY at DIRT DOGS THEATRE CO.

by Brett Cullum · May 26, 2026

AIRLINE HIGHWAY is a fascinating slice of life from Lisa D’Amour. It feels like we are watching everything happen in real time, and it seems so authentic to New Orleans. It has a wonderful sense of place.…

Review: BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL at THEATRE UNDER THE STARS

by Brett Cullum · May 23, 2026

TUTS makes it live up to its name. It’s a handsome production, a great cast, and it feels like an old faithful friend. When you’re down and troubled, and you need a helping hand, just call the box office. …

Review: THAT DRIVE THRU MONTEREY at Stages Houston

by Jonathan Netek · May 17, 2026

Young Love, Love Lost and Genuine Storytelling in Stages’ Sin Muros Festival’s first fully developed production.…

Review: DEAR ALIEN at Alley Theatre

by Brett Cullum · May 15, 2026

This is Sartre for the America of today, and the Alley Theatre kicks it off in grand style in its Neuhaus auditorium below their mainstage.…

1536

Jan 24

4th Wall Theatre Company presents a one-night-only reading of 1536, the 2024 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize winner by Ava Pickett, on January 24 at Spring...

Gloria

Mar 24 – Apr 16, 2022

This funny, trenchant, and powerful Pulitzer Prize Finalist play follows an ambitious group of editorial assistants at a notorious Manhattan magazine, each of whom hopes...

The Lifespan of a Fact

Jan 13 – Feb 5, 2022

This recent Broadway smash hit is inspired by John D'Agata's and Jim Fingal's debate-style book of the same name and brings to life the endless...

A Doll's House, Part 2

Oct 14 – Nov 6, 2021

Hnaths eight-time Tony-nominated play serves as both a playful sequel to Henrik Ibsens 1879 groundbreaking masterpiece as well as a stand-alone work of modern feminist...

Between Riverside and Crazy

Mar 12 – Apr 4, 2020

4th Wall Theatre is proud to present the Houston premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgiss Pulitzer Prize winning play Between Riverside and Crazy. Audiences who loved...

The Glass Menagerie

Oct 10 – Nov 2, 2019

Performances are Thursday - Sunday, with one Industry Night performance Monday, October, 28Few American playwrights stir the imagination of theater-goers quite like Tennessee Williams in...

Collected Stories

May 17 – Jun 8, 2019

To wrap up its record-breaking season full of press favorites and Houston premieres, 4th Wall Theatre Company is delighted to share Pulitzer finalist Collected Stories...

Rapture, Blister, Burn

Feb 28 – Mar 23, 2019

Hot off the heels of sellout smash Pride and Prejudice, 4th Wall Theatre Company is starting 2019 with another Houston premiere, Rapture, Blister, Burn by...

Pride & Prejudice

Nov 30 – Dec 22, 2018

This holiday season brings the Houston premiere of one of America's most-produced playwrights, the talented Kate Hamill and her raucous adaptation of Jane Austen's PRIDE...

Pride And Prejudice

Nov 29 – Dec 22, 2018

Kate Hamill is one of the country’s most produced playwrights and formerly penned a smash adaption of “Sense and Sensibility” for Bedlam Theatre in NYC....

Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train

Sep 6 – Sep 29, 2018

4TH WALL THEATRE COMPANY Opens 2018-2019 Season with Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Critically Acclaimed JESUS HOPPED THE ‘A’ TRAIN HOUSTON, TX—4th Wall Theatre opens its eighth...

Shakespeare In Vegas

May 17 – Jun 9, 2018

Shakespeare in Vegas is the story of Margot, a talented but underappreciated actress desperate to escape the soul-sucking nature of New York’s theater scene. When...