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 2020-2021 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 2020-2021 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.

Crimes of the Heart

A Comedic Drama by Beth Henley

Playing September 24 – October 11, 2020

The three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of their grandfather who is living out his final hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest, is unmarried at 30 and facing diminishing prospects; Meg, the middle sister, outgrew small-town Hazelhurst and has returned after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is currently out on bail after having recently shot her husband. Their troubles are hilarious (and many!) and are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and the awkward young lawyer who tries to help Babe.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, this is a warm-hearted, zany play that teems with humanity and humor.

Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org

The Game’s Afoot – Holmes for the Holidays

A Fun Holiday Mystery
by Ken Ludwig

Playing December 3 – 20, 2020

It is December, 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry.

But when one of the guests is killed, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. It is then up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Sherlock Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays.

Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org

Ben Butler

A Historical Drama by Richard Strand

Playing February 4 – 21, 2021

Ben Butler is a smart and funny discourse on race, protocol and our sense of humanity, and it played to high critical acclaim during its Off Broadway run in 2016.

This sharply comic play takes place in the middle of the Civil War, 1861, at Virginia’s Union-held Fort Monroe under the command of General Benjamin Butler. When three escaped slaves show up seeking sanctuary, General Butler is faced with an impossible moral dilemma – follow the letter of the law and return the escapees back to the Confederacy, or make a game-changing move that could alter the course of US history.

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 May 6 – 23, 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

Mark Twain’s The Diaries of Adam and Eve

A Dramatic Comedy by David Birney

Playing October 29  – November 8, 2020

Up first in Unity’s Studio Series is a light-hearted look at first love and the first battle of the sexes!

In the beginning, Adam is puzzled by the new arrival in the garden and he is suspicious of her disturbing appetite for fruit. Eve, believing herself to be some sort of important experiment, is very curious and wants to name everything new she finds, much to Adam’s annoyance. Adam never gets a chance to name anything because Eve always beats him to it, whether it’s the discovery of fire or water running uphill. With wit and poignancy and many trials and tribulations, they come to know and love each other.

Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org

The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey

A Drama by James Lecesne

Playing March 18 – 28, 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 celebrating our differences.

Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org

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The Wizard of Oz

A Musical Fantasy

Based on the Book by L. Frank Baum. Adaptation, Book & Lyrics by Jim Eiler. Music by Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy.

Playing 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!

Not a part of any subscription package.

Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org

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.

Click Here or the image below to print and mail in your subscription form, or to subscribe directly with the Box Office, call 979-830-8358 or email Tickets@UnityBrenham.org.

Thank you, and see you at the theatre!

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New for the 2020-2021 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.

Box Office Phone: 979-830-8358
Mon-Fri 10am-2pm
Box Office email: Tickets@UnityBrenham.org