The Ensemble Theatre

Ensemble Theatre was founded in 1976. The company is located in Houston and incorporated in Texas. Ensemble Theatre specializes in Theatrical Companies.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson has visited the Ensemble. Influential dramatist Ntozake Shange has directed the troupe. Venerable performers Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee have offered their support.

Though an African-American troupe, the Ensemble is colorblind when it comes to directors, designers, performers, playwrights—and audiences.

The largest professional African-American theater company in the Southwest stages gripping performances on its own stage in Midtown.

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The troupe has grown exponentially from its beginnings in 1976 as a touring company that rehearsed in a church basement to its million-dollar, state-of-the-art...

Founded in 1976, Ensemble Theatre is one of the largest and oldest African-American Theater company in the Southwest region of US. It strives to promote African-American works to a larger group of audience through their innovative workshops and programs. The theatre offers intensive training to those interested in performing arts. The theatre is available for rent to host various events and can...

The Ensemble Theatre was founded in 1976 by the late George Hawkins to preserve African American artistic expression and enlighten, entertain and enrich a diverse community. Thirty-one years later, the theatre has evolved from a touring company operating from the trunk of Mr. Hawkins' car to being one of Houston's finest historical cultural institutions. The Ensemble is one of the only...