texas repertory theatre company
MISSION: The Texas Repertory Theatre Company, Inc. is established to provide world-class professional theatrical productions of new and classic plays. It also will work to strengthen the theatre arts, promote emerging playwrights, educate audiences of all ages and interests, provide educational and artistic opportunities for the community, and promote the benefits of dramatic entertainment to the northwest Houston area.
HISTORY: The
Texas Repertory Theatre Company was founded during the Holiday Season,
2002. Originally conceived by Steven Fenley, a native of the northwest
Houston area, The Texas Repertory Theatre Company (then unnamed) took
its first breath one night around Fenley’s kitchen table when he approached
Craig Miller to serve as the Artistic Director. Mr. Miller and Mr. Fenley
were classmates at the University of South Carolina, pursuing their Master
of Fine Arts degrees in directing and acting, respectively. Both had previously
run their own, smaller theatre companies, Miller in Chicago, IL and Fenley
in Houston, and while both companies achieved great critical success in
their respective communities, Miller and Fenley noticed an inherent similarity
in the weakness of their previous individual endeavors: the audience didn’t
always come first! They approached Michelle Elliott (then Production Manager
of a professional theatre in Columbia , SC) about being the Production
Manager of this new venture, which she accepted. One month later, the
four founders of a new theatre company were hard at work and the first
seeds of the Texas Rep were being planted.
Address:
The Texas Repertory Theatre
Company
14243 Stuebner Airline Road
Houston, TX 77069
Phone: 281.583.7573