WE HAVE MOVED!

STATION IMPROV & SKETCH COMEDY THEATER
2000 Nance Street | Suite A-100 | Houston, TX 77020
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For more than a decade, Station Theater has championed local talent and creativity as Houston’s homegrown hub for smart, irreverent improv and sketch comedy. More than a stage, we’re a playground where students, performers, and even businesses use the power of play to spark laughs, ideas, and connections.

Our Story

The DNA of Station Theater began to form in the early 2010’s, when a crew of local Houston performers teamed up with a regional comedy improv theater network and began putting on shows upstairs at Houston’s historic Avant Garden.

It didn’t take long to realize something major: Houston wasn’t just another stop on a comedy tour. It had its own energy, its own audience, and needed its own voice.

So we ignited the thrusters, began the coundown, and Station Theater blasted off.

 

A Home With History
Station finally found its first true home on Houston Avenue. The building which was previously the Texas Art Asylum, was the original Knapp Chevrolet dealership. With its Art Moderne façade and its proximity to the Theater District, the space became the perfect launchpad for our improv shows, sketch performances, and wild creative experiments.

We made it our own, transforming the street-facing panels into a rotating gallery of artwork by notable Houston artists.

Let’s Get Growing
From 2013 onward, Station hit the gas. Two weekly shows quickly grew into six, and soon we were representing Houston on the national improv map.

  • Three-year managing partner of the Houston Improv Festival

  • Partner theater for UCB founder Matt Besser’s *Contest4Improv4Humans*

  • Six-year host of the College Improv Tournament, with teams from Texas A&M, UT, Baylor, RICE, and UH

  • Two Year host of Kevin MacDonald (KITH) sketch writing workshops and shows


Trill Comedy Festival
Beginning in 2013, Trill was four consecutive days of wall-to-wall comedy, running 4pm to past midnight, pairing national talent with Houston’s sharpest performers. Not just a festival. Basically a comedy block party with headliners from The Daily Show, SNL, and more.

Houston-Grown Hilarity
Perhaps what we were most proud of were our opportunities to connect and support local institutions in our neighborhood and the greater Houston area.

  • Featured in the Creativity Up Close series at Rice University

  • Fundraisers raising thousands across Houston charities

  • Partnered with Houston Public Library for their Comedy Night series

  • Represented on the Arts District Planning Committee

  • Represented on HOU Arts Task Force

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The COVID Era

Then came 2020. Like everyone else, we hit pause to protect our performers and audiences. But we didn’t disappear. We pivoted into digital classes and online shows, keeping the community connected through the chaos.


Our toughest moment came the day following Christmas 2021, when we were informed our space on Houston Ave was sold, a pandemic-era curveball we couldn’t dodge. The building was renovated into a historic property and yes - with significantly fewer space-themed cats.



A New Chapter

In early 2022, Station rebooted a few blocks away in Sawyer Heights, joining one of Houston’s densest hubs of artists and makers. From that studio space, we launched Improv Implosion, graduated our 50th Improv class, and celebrated our 10-year Anniversary.

Then came another leap. In 2026, it was time to go bigger than ever.

Station Theater moved into our custom-built performance space at 2000 Nance, right in the mix near Hardy & Nance Studios, Saint Arnold Brewery, and Meow Wolf’s Radio Tave. With more room, more flexibility, and more ways to create, it marked our largest growth milestone yet.

Where We Stand Today
Station Theater’s story is inseparable from Houston’s—resilient, creative, scrappy, collaborative, and stubbornly unstoppable. We exist to make people laugh, to push performers to grow, and to bring strangers together through shared absurdity.

And we’re just getting started.