PHILIP LEHL

Co-Founder of 4th Wall/Actor/ Director

Philip Lehl is a Co-Founder of 4th Wall Theatre and the company’s former Artistic Director. Recently at 4th Wall, he directed Sanctuary City, and played Mrs. Jennings in Sense and Sensibility, the Narrator in The Pavilion, Lieutenant Caro in Between Riverside and Crazy, Torvald in A Doll’s House, Part 2, and Bob Jones in The Realistic Joneses. He has acted on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in a National Tour, and in many regional theaters. Since arriving in Texas in 2001, Philip has appeared at every Equity theater in Houston, including 4th Wall, the Alley, Stages, Main Street Theater, A.D. Players, Houston Shakespeare Festival, and TUTS. He has also appeared as a guest artist at Classical Theatre Company (where he is a company member), Generations, Horse Head, and BCCM. Philip holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Drake University and also studied at NTI and Moscow Arts Theatre School. His directing credits include plays at 4th Wall, Classical Theatre Company, A.D. Players, Stages, BCCM, Generations, and Brave Dog Theatre. He is a founder, board member, and executive of the Houston Theatre Alliance.