Our Theatre

Carolyn Franklin, an experienced actor, director and teacher, founded HITS Theatre in 1980 under the name "Houston Upstairs Theatre School," because it was located upstairs in an office building.  When the school moved into its own theatre in the Houston Heights in 1984, it became known simply as "HITS." Architect Rey de la Resa transformed the building from a masonry warehouse used as a maintenance garage for the post office into a theatre. The Houston Heights Association chose the building for its Adaptive Reuse Award in 1985. The entire theatre was again renovated in 2006 with new seats, carpeting and paint inside and out.

HITS Theatre in the Heights is one of the only theater building in the Houston area dedicated almost exclusively to teaching children.