Mike Vance

Mike Vance has almost 30 years of experience in professional show business, writing and media work. He currently produces, hosts, writes and directs the acclaimed show, Postcards from Texas, on KTBU-TV, Houston's channel 55. HAM is a partner in that television project.

Immediately following his years at the University of Texas in Austin, he toured much of the English speaking world as a comedian. He appeared nationally on such television networks as Showtime, A&E and Comedy Central, and he has headlined live venues in 33 states and five foreign countries. Mike was also co-host of an afternoon talk radio program in Houston, and he has a litany of award-winning national and regional voice over work to his credit.

As a writer, Mike has enjoyed success in the corporate arena as well, with a client list including BMC Software, Chevron, Brinker International, Shell, the Lunar Planetary Institute and Service Corp International. He also has a long history of speech and joke writing for executives and sports celebrities, as well as several television credits.

In addition, Mike has numerous other theatrical scripts, short stories, poems, songs and book projects. His book of sports humor, Oilers Anonymous, was published by Gulf Publishing in 1995, and The PC Cowboy Book, a history of his musical act, followed in 2005 from Stick Cow Publishing.

Mike is a native Houstonian with a lifelong passion for history. He has spent decades working on genealogy and values the human details of our past, and is currently sitting on the Advisory Council of the Houston History Association. It is his desire to tell the stories of Houston and the surrounding region by putting a very personal face on the people who make up that history. His wish to channel his creativity to let the local production community fill historical and educational needs is what led him to the concept of Houston Arts and Media.

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