Next Iteration Ensemble (NIE) was the brainchild of dianne k webb, Artistic Director and Director. After participating in the Houston theater scene for a few years, it became clear that there was a space that Next Iteration could fill as we set out to commit to produce underrepresented voices, whether playwrights, characters, actors with thought-provoking narratives through new devised work, contemporary plays, and the reworking of known works.

Several seasons later Next Iteration had produced 2 Biennial ReadFest's, 4 annual Intercultural Play Readings Series, created Next Iteration Presents (collaborative use of our theater rentals with other performance groups), Next Iteration Next Iteration Ensemble is a company steeped in thought-provoking work, questioning of the status quo, and imagining beyond the known. We are committed to thoughtful investigation in our devised work, through character, movement, and stories.

With our ensemble of actors, our commitment to our professional development and the development of the theater scene, our mission to bring underrepresented voices to the stage, and our practice of collaborating with others, Next Iteration Ensemble still has dreams. And we arecommitted to pursing them.
With you. Conversations (professional development for Houston's acting community), a worldwide premiere, a workshop production of Deb Margolin's Turquoise, and the workshop development of our first devised piece, Open Carry, It’s Loaded..

Next Iteration Ensemble is a company steeped in thought-provoking work, questioning of the status quo, and imagining beyond the known. We are committed to thoughtful investigation in our devised work, through character, movement, and stories.

With our ensemble of actors, our commitment to our professional development and the development of the theater scene, our mission to bring underrepresented voices to the stage, and our practice of collaborating with others, Next Iteration Ensemble still has dreams. And we arecommitted to pursing them.
With you.