D.L. Groover, Jessica Goldman and Margaret Downing

Have you heard the roar of jubilation, the music of revelry? Have you smiled in gratitude when you entered the theater? Have you heard that ultra-excited hum of the audience before the curtain goes up? Then you've heard the gleeful sounds as our theaters opened their doors after the dark...

As usual, the season was filled with more than ample highlights — performers and performances that made Houston the place to be for theater.

If there was one phrase that best described the state of Houston’s theater scene last season, it would be “in flux.” Companies came and went or merged; some renovated their existing sites or changed names and popped up renewed and reinvigorated. There haven’t been this many new theater companies in...