KIM TOBIN-LEHL

Co-Founder of 4th Wall/Actor/ Director

Kim Tobin-Lehl is the Co-Founder of and Resident Artist with 4th Wall Theatre Company here in Houston with her husband Philip Lehl. At 4th Wall, Kim has appeared in numerous productions including: The Sound Inside, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Between Riverside and Crazy, The Realistic Joneses, The Glass Menagerie, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf, Small Mouth Sounds, Stage Kiss, The God Game, Ho Ho Humbug, Debt Collectors, All Girls, Body Awareness, God of Carnage, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Faith Healer, and Dinner With Friends. Other professional credits in Houston include Reckless and Almost Maine, Brave Dog Theatre Company; Speech and Debate, Stages; Kimberly Akimbo, Mildred’s Umbrella; and Proof, Texas Rep. While living in New York, Kim was an officer with the New Mercury Theatre Company, where (among other roles), she produced and starred (as Sally) in the 1995 revival of Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind. Kim later became the Artistic Director of the Blue Sphere East Theatre company (the New York sister company to the acclaimed Blue Sphere Alliance theatre company based in Los Angeles where she was a member). Some of her favorite Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway credits include: Talk to Me Like the Rain…, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Fifth of July, Fool for Love, Savage in Limbo, The Smell of the Crowd, Bed, Bawd & Beyond, Impassioned Embraces (Emotional Recall), Ctrl, Alt, Delete and Trust, The Barrow Group’s production Short Stuff Two and their development and production of her original One Woman Show, Inside Out. Kim lived in Los Angeles studying with Sandy Marshall and Larry Moss, some highlights of her LA theatre credits include the world premiere of Children of Shame, The Interrogation, Masseur, productions of Baby with the Bathwater, Check to Check, and The Foreigner. Kim has a long list of directing credits as well in Houston and New York City. Kim’s film credits include roles in The Big Lebowski, The Alarmist, and Sex Maniac, as well as the television series Sunset Beach. In addition to her extensive body of work and extensive training history with iconic institutions and teachers, Kim is a highly sought-after acting and directing teacher herself, and her studio focuses on the Sanford Meisner approach to acting and offers an array of courses (from beginner to advanced levels). Kim is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. For more visit her website: kim-tobin.com