Interactive Theater

Houston, United States

5

3 reviews

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+1 713-862-7112
Website:
www.interactivetheater.org
Address:
1548 Heights Blvd, Houston, TX, 77008
The Heights
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.8 miLindale Park (Northbound)
1.8 miLindale Park (Southbound)
1.8 miCavalcade
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Local time (Houston) 3:37 PM Friday, June 27, 2025

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InterActive Theater Company is Houston’s most engaging family theater, especially for kids aged 5 to 11!

History

Established in 1997.

We founded InterActive Theater Company in 1997, after seeing the growing need for family theater and arts programming in Houston. Since then, InterActive has become a true pacesetter: producing theater that quite literally brings children from the audience into each and every performance. With innovative and original scripts and an improvisational performance style, InterActive Theater is, without a doubt, a must-​see, can’t-miss, gotta-​go-​again arts experience for children and grown-​up children alike!

And if we can toot our own horn just a bit more: InterActive Theater has produced over 50 original plays. We’ve performed for students in every school district in the greater Houston area. And InterActive has been awarded «Best Professional Children’s Theater» by the Southwest Theater Association. These days, InterActive Theater Company presents a full year of arts and education programming, for about 60,000 folks every year. Our main stage season offers 4 to 6 original productions.

Meet the Manager

Robb B.

Manager

Robb Brunson, Executive Artistic Director — If an InterActive actor has worn it, held it, or performed in front of it during a show, chances are Robb Brunson built it. As the founder of InterActive, this guy has been responsible for the overall production of every show we’ve ever put on the stage. Robb has a pretty impressive background in theater — he studied at the University of Houston and then went on to work with the A.D. Players. Here at InterActive Theater, he’s written some of the most popular plays in our catalog, and he’s responsible for much of the innovative teaching curriculum we’re known for. When he’s not designing sets or directing shows, he’s busy figuring out how to replicate some of the world’s wonders entirely out of Legos.

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3 reviews of Interactive Theater

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Place rating: 5
Boerne, TX
Our children have had the advantage of going to this theater with their school since Kindergarten. It is certainly something they look forward to even as they grow older. If your school isn’t taking advantage of this theater’s ‘interative’ concept — try the shows on Saturdays. Well worth the trip to the Heights.
Place rating: 5
Houston, TX
So when we rolled up the lady working the door was like are you here for (X)‘s birthday party…
No…I had purchased 2 seats online… sure enough I was the only people who did this and soon to find out why…
She placed my gf and I in the front row… A family came in and had to sit right behind us, it was the girl’s birthday so I felt even worse, we ended up moving to the end of the row so that the children could see the stage.
But I don’t regret going one bit. It’s theater designed for children, to get involved with the arts early on. The price is dirt cheap so gives you something different to do.
The shows last about 1 hr, perfect for kids or BIG KIDS like myself with short attention spans. The actors are a lot of fun, and it’s located in a small area so you’re part of the show. They allow taking pictures and encourage screaming.
If you have kids or is a big kid, this is a different theater experience.
Place rating: 5
Houston, TX
What do you get when you cross great improv actors, classic children’s books and an hour’s worth of your time? InterActive Theater, of course! This theater company now located back in the Heights is hilarious, fun and a reasonably priced family outing that won’t have Mom and Dad (or Aunt or Uncle) rueing the day they agreed to take the kidlets here.
Each play that InterActive stages is written in-​house after reading original source material, so what you’re seeing onstage is fresh and uniquely «InterActive», which means delivered with a great, quirky sense of humor. And about that name – yes, some of the audience will be called up on stage at certain points during the show, but only if you raise your hand. Nicely. At the end of each play, the actors remind kids that they can read more about the story they saw onstage today if they read a book, and that greatest stage in the world is sadly, not at InterActive, but instead in their imagination. You probably won’t get that message tacked onto the end of a film.
I’ve been going to InterActive plays since middle school, and have intermittently returned to see contemporaries take the stage in different productions. I think I enjoy them more now, to be honest, because good writing and fun onstage only gets better with age. The jokes will have adults giggling too, but because they’re smart, not because it’s inappropriate or gross-​out humor (as so many pop-​culture compendiums that pass for kids’ movies these days possess.)
I suggest grabbing a younger cousin or niece or nephew and using them as an excuse to go see an InterActive show. You know, because they begged you and you’re just that benevolent. Just try not to laugh too hard, or you’ll give yourself away.