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2021-2022 SEASON
Get Ready for Unity Theatre’s New Season!
As soon as it is deemed safe to gather again in large groups, Unity Theatre is prepped and ready to go with our 2021-2022 season.
This year will be filled with all the comedy, drama and thrills patrons have come to know and love. Mark your calendars now for your favorites!
New for the 2021-2022 season, Unity has created the FOREVER subscription. For those concerned about any possible cancellations of shows due to the COVID-19 situation, the FOREVER subscription allows subscribers to carry over any tickets for a cancelled performance into the next show, the next season, or the one after that, and beyond – FOREVER!
Rest assured your seats will be waiting for you when it is safe to enjoy the theatre again. Due to the CDC social distancing guidelines and the reduced number of seats required to accommodate them, subscribers will be given first “dibs” on what will be very limited seating.
Currently the plan is for all shows (Main Stage and Studio Series) to be performed on the Main Stage, with strict limited seating.
The Prince Street Players, Ltd. producdtion of
The Wizard of Oz
A Musical Fantasy
A Prince St. Players, Ltd., Children’s Musical by Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy, Music Theatre International
Based on the Book by L. Frank Baum
Adaptation, Book & Lyrics by Jim Eiler
Music by Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy
July 29 – August 1, 2021
(8 performances)
After a tornado whisks her away to the magical Land of Oz, young Kansas farm girl, Dorothy Gale, teams up with a Scarecrow, a Tin Woodsman and a Cowardly Lion to avoid the clutches of the Wicked Witch of the West and find the mighty Wizard who can send her home. Join Dorothy on a magical adventure down the yellow brick road!
THE WIZARD OF OZ – PRINCE STREET PLAYERS VERSION Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com
Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org
Barefoot In the Park
A Romantic Comedy
by Neil Simon
Playing September 23 – October 10, 2021
Newlyweds Corie and Paul Bratter are over the moon to begin their life together in their new apartment in Manhattan. It may be small and a six-flight climb, the heating may be busted and snow may be falling through the skylight, but nothing can quash their newlywed bliss. Paul is a straight-laced lawyer and Corie a romantic free-spirit; nevertheless, opposites attract and the two are wild about each other. Corie decides to set her conservative widowed mother up with their eccentric, bohemian neighbor. A wild night ensues, one that highlights just how different Corie and Paul really are. The young couple must embrace their differences as they learn that marriage is no easy walk in the park.
Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org
A Tuna Christmas
A Comedy by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard
Playing December 2 – 19, 2021
In this hilarious sequel to Greater Tuna, it’s Christmas in the third smallest town in Texas. Radio station OKKK news personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie report on various Yuletide activities, including hot competition in the annual lawn display contest. In other news, voracious Joe Bob Lipsey’s production of “A Christmas Carol” is jeopardized by unpaid electric bills. Many colorful Tuna denizens, some you will recognize from Greater Tuna and some appearing here for the first time, join in the holiday fun.
Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org
MAIN STAGE SHOW
Now And Then
A Magical Romantic Comedy by Sean Grennan
Playing February 10 – 27, 2022
Sometimes what happens after last call just might change your life! One night, as Jamie is closing down the bar where he works, a last minute customer offers him and his girlfriend, Abby, $2,000 to sit and have a drink with him. Who wouldn’t take it? They do, and as the trio swaps stories and Jamie considers the choices he faces with his musical career and his future with Abby, the young couple begins to realize that the older man seems to be strangely invested in their decisions. The reason he gives them is completely unbelievable but when a very displeased second stranger arrives, the unbelievable looks like it might actually be true! A heartfelt, romantic comedy about the costs of the choices we make, and the people who make them with us.
Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org
MAIN STAGE SHOW
The Sweet Delilah Swim Club
A Comedy by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten
Playing June 2 – 19, 2022
Five women, whose friendships began on their college swim team, meet for a long weekend every August at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, to catch up and re-connect. They are Sheree, the team captain,who is the organizer of the group; Dinah, a wisecracking overschiever; Lexie, pampered and outspoken and desparately trying to hold back the hands of time; sweet and eager-to-please Jeri Neal; and self-deprecating and acerbic Vernadette. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these five women increasingly rely on one another, through advice, support, and hysterical repartee, to get through lifes challenges. The play focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of 33 years and is an hilarious and touching comedy about the strength of friendship.
Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org
STUDIO SERIES SHOW
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
A Drama by James Lecesne
Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Playing October 21 – 31, 2021
One actor portrays every character in a small Jersey Shore town as he tells the story of Leonard Pelkey, a flamboyant 14-year-old boy who has gone missing. Leonard is a force of nature whose impact is only truly felt once he is gone and he becomes an unexpected inspiration to the town’s citizens. The play is about acceptance, the difference one person can make, and that being different is something to be celebrated.
Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org
STUDIO SERIES SHOW
Mrs. Mannerly
A Comedy by Jeffrey Hatcher
Playing March 31 – April 10, 2022
Inspired by hilarious memories of a childhood etiquette class, playwright Jeffrey Hatcher conjures up the world of a ten-year-old studying manners. Mrs. Mannerly is a demanding teacher, and no student in her thirty-six years of etiquette classes has achieved a perfect score. But when he discovers her secret past, young Jeffrey is determined to be the first to achieve this feat. This unique comic tale reveals truths about the face we present and the real selves that lie inside.
Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org
CHILDREN’S SUMMER SHOW
Cinderella
A Prince St. Players, Ltd., Children’s Musical by Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy
Playing July 25 – 31, 2022 (8 performances)
This beloved fairy tale is retold in the style of English pantomime. A young woman triumphs over her nasty Stepmother and Stepsisters thanks to a zany Fairy Godmother, a trip to the Royal Ball in an enchanted coach, and a glass slipper. The Fairy Godmother’s two comical helpers keep things moving along in this delightful version of this classic tale.
Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org
2021-2022 SEASON
Unity Theatre is thrilled to be a part of this amazing community
And we would like to thank the many subscribers, donors and volunteers that have continued to be of support during this difficult time.
And now, let’s get the new season started! Subscriptions are on sale now.
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For the 2021-2022 season, Unity offers the FOREVER subscription.
For those concerned about any possible cancellations of shows due to the COVID-19 situation, the FOREVER subscription allows subscribers to carry over any tickets for a cancelled performance into the next show, the next season, or the one after that, and beyond – FOREVER!
Rest assured your seats will be waiting for you when it is safe to enjoy the theatre again. Due to the CDC social distancing guidelines and the reduced number of seats required to accommodate them, subscribers will be given first “dibs” on what will be very limited seating.
Currently the plan is for all shows (Main Stage and Studio Series) to be performed on the Main Stage, with strict limited seating.
Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org
