OUR HISTORY

4th Wall Theatre Company is a professional Equity theatre in Houston, TX, founded in 2011 by married couple Philip Lehl and Kim Tobin-Lehl. 4th Wall is one of only eight Equity theatres in Houston and is proud to offer the Equity Membership Candidate Program for actors who are working towards joining the union. 4th Wall’s original name – Stark Naked Theatre Company – was changed in 2016. 4th Wall maintains an eclectic range of programming, producing standards by Shakespeare and Strindberg, American classics like “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” and several world premieres.

The company has garnered many accolades for its thirty full productions, including the Houston Press's "Mastermind Award" as well as four Best Production citations in the annual Houston Theater Awards (“God of Carnage” in 2013, “Lobby Hero” in 2017, “Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train” in 2019, and “The Realistic Joneses” in 2020). The Co-Artistic Directors have been nominated several times for the Best Artistic Director award, winning once.

The company was incorporated in the State of Texas and is a registered 501(c)(3) with the IRS.