About us
Brave Little Company is theatre for everyone. We create works about, with, and for kids and their grown-ups, reflecting Houston’s diversity in the stories we tell and the artists who tell them.
BLC received the 2023 TYA National Award for Artistic Innovation from TYA/USA, the national service organization supporting, connecting, and advocating for the field of theatre for young audiences.
The TYA Artistic Innovation Award honors an individual or company that has demonstrated innovation—experimentation in content or in form—in recent artistic work in TYA.
Artists and stories as diverse as Houston
Creative collaborations with students with learning differences
THE BIG “US” PROJECT
A community-driven theatre project led by 100 people from Houston’s refugee and immigrant communities.
Summer Camps with Brave Little Company!
Brave Little Company is a unique theatre company – and our camps are unique too!
Now playing
Lost Luggage (2025)
photo by Alan Nguyen
Latest News
Grandpa’s Garden Official Cast Album
Now available for listening and download! Check it out on Bandcamp!
The Grandpa’s Garden cast album and public performances are funded in part by the City of Houston through Houston Arts Alliance.
Announcing: A School Play by BLC Founder Troy Scheid
A School Play is a children’s picture book that's also a ready-to-act script about how to tell your own stories on stage!
This book:
models collaborative theatre-making for youth and other theatre newcomers -
affirms the power of kids' creativity and the stories they love -
inspires grown-ups to remove barriers to participation.
It's available in 9 languages - English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Vietnamese, Urdu, Pashto, Dari, and Swahili (...so far) and it includes a dual-language theatre terminology poster!
Video Series - Accessible Anwyere!
If you look closely, you’ll see that something - or someone - is missing from the museum.
Missing from the Museum is an online adventure series for kids ages 9 -14 and their families.
We are excited to announce that the National Endowment for the Arts has again awarded a Grant for Arts Projects to Missing from the Museum, a collaboration between Brave Little Company, Dare to Dream Theatre, Off The Page, and Trike Theatre. We’re looking forward to bringing the third season of this original audience-driven adventure to households around the country!
Season 3 is now playing!
Paper Offerings books are available!
If you want to catch up on the previous adventures of Amy and her family, we’ve combined the letters from Part 1 and Part 2 into books!
90% of profits go to the artists on the creative team.
10% will be donated to BPSOS-Houston, a non-profit serving immigrant and refugee families in Houston in legal, social, and health matters.
Paper Offerings Part 1
Paper Offerings begins when a girl named Amy finds a series of notes and items left around her house--even though no one has visited during lockdown. As you and Amy unfold the mystery around her family, you will discover the story of two siblings and their journey from Vietnam to Houston. It is up to Amy and the audience to uncover what really happened, who is leaving the clues, and how the family can be reunited. Paper Offerings draws on Vietnamese and Asian folklore, immigrant experiences, and food traditions to create a story that audiences of all ages can enjoy.
Paper Offerings Part 2
12-year-old Amy thinks her luck might be about to change, because: 1) she's back in school, 2) business at her mom's Vietnamese restaurant in Houston is picking up, and 3) her grandparents are finally able to visit in person for the first time in almost two years!! But when a trip to NASA goes awry, Amy decides to change her luck herself, just in time for Lunar New Year. As she keeps you updated through her letters, you'll put the clues together along with Amy, her space-travel-obsessed grandpa, and a mysterious restaurant employee who may be much more than he appears.
Get a Brave Little Company t-shirt from Bonfire!
Available in a wide ranges of sizes including kids’ and grown-ups’. Your t-shirt purchase supports our work!
Book Us
Wooden O (2023)
Photo by Jacob Power,
courtesy of The Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston, Bayou Bend
Book a Performance or Partnership
Brave Little Company is proud to tour through Young Audiences of Houston. You can find information about this production and many other theatre, dance, music, and visual art residencies and touring assembly performances at www.yahouston.org.
Contact YAH Programs Manager
713.520.9267 or scheduling@yahouston.org
First Day, Nueva Escuela
First Day, Nueva Escuela is the story of a girl who overcomes her fear of starting class at a new school (and of reading) by writing herself into the stories. This original work draws inspiration from reading list favorites such as Interrupting Chicken, Carmela Full of Wishes, Tía Isa Wants a Car, A Chair for My Mother, and the Mo Willems books.
For Grades K - 5
See the preview or the interview with the cast on Vimeo!
Performance Fee: $500
To Book: Contact YAH Programs Manager
713.520.9267 or scheduling@yahouston.org
Wooden O: A Sensory Adventure
Once kids ages 3-5 step into Brave Little Company’s Wooden O, they’ll engage their senses of sight, hearing, touch, and smell to help Robin Goodfellow on his quest. See our video trailer or enjoy this interview with actor/creator Lyndsay Sweeney!
For Ages 3-5 (EC, Pre-K & K)
Performance Fee: $400
To Book: Contact YAH Programs Manager
713.520.9267 or scheduling@yahouston.org
Performance Support
Brave Little Company is part of the Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Roster for 2020 - 2026. You may be able to receive financial support to bring a Brave Little Company program to your school, library, or non-profit venue anywhere in Texas! Please contact Young Audiences of Houston if you need help applying.
Performance support may be available through the Mid America Arts Alliance Touring Program if you are located in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, or Oklahoma.
Public Events
Wooden O: An Interactive Shakespeare Adventure
William Shakespeare called his stage a “wooden O” - an empty space where the audience’s imagination helps the actors tell the story. Once kids ages 3-6 step into Brave Little Company’s Wooden O, they’ll be on an imaginative quest to help Robin Goodfellow, a prankster with a little magic up his sleeve. They’ll engage their senses of sight, hearing, touch, and smell as they follow Robin’s map to find a mysterious flower. Presented with modern text and music, Wooden O is an age-appropriate introduction to Will’s many worlds!
Monday, March 10
11:15 a.m.
Aldine Branch LibraryMonday, March 10
4:30 p.m.
Katy Branch LibraryTuesday, March 11
10:15 a.m.
Maud Smith Marks Branch Library
Lost Luggage: Major Cases
Lost Luggage is immersive storytelling in a suitcase. When they arrive at the Lost Luggage Terminal, kids and their grown-ups will be deputized as Baggage Handlers to explore the suitcases that have been left there. To solve the mystery of a stolen necklace, they will log their observations and inferences. Will they find the culprit?
Tuesday, March 18
3:00 p.m.
La Porte Branch Library
First Day, Nueva Escuela
An original dual language work from Brave Little Company, First Day, Nueva Escuela is the story of a girl who overcomes her fear of starting class at a new school (and of reading) by writing herself into the stories. Tía Elena wants to make sure Xiomara is ready for her first day at a new school, but no matter what story she suggests they read, Xiomara always finds a reason not to like it. And now there’s just one day left before school starts!
Friday, April 4
10:00 a.m.
Joe Banhart Bee County Library
Beeville, Texas
Want to find other events going on in Houston? Visit the Houston Cultural Events Calendar.
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Photos & Video
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