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Unity Theatre was co-founded by sisters Teresa Beckers and Gretchen Jones in the spring of 1995. Incorporated as a non-profit organization on September 20, 1995, the company immediately began mounting productions to secure community interest and raise financial support.

A second season began with Beckers and Jones continuing their roles as artistic and managing directors, but now as full and part time paid staff. As audiences grew, additional performances were added. New programs were also created to satisfy the growing interest of the community; informal staged readings gave amateur actors more opportunity to perform, and the Unity Youth Program provided classes for younger audiences through a summer drama camp.

A third and fourth season brought still more new subscribers and an increase in the numbers of professional paid actors and designers.

By the spring of 1999, Unity Theatre had become a reputable regional theatre. The Board of Trustees responded to growth problems by approving a significant budget increase that provided salaries for additional contracted professional artists, and supported plans for adding more staff positions.

In its fifth season, LeRoy and Lucile Melcher bestowed Unity Theatre with a gift of one hundred thousand dollars. Such a generous donation inspired sizable contributions from other community members and served as a catalyst for growth and expansion. Unity Theatre continued to enlarge its staff with talented theatre professionals who were eager to trade city life for a country life in Brenham.

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    Unity Theatre

    300 Church St.
    Brenham, TX 77833

    Phone: (979) 830-1460   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    02/09/12- 02/26/12

    Billy Bishop Goes To War Unity Theatre Billy Bishop Goes To War Presented by Unity Theatre at Unity Theatre February 9-February 26, 2012 Unity Theatre presents Billy Bishop Goes To War. A Play with Music by John Gray. Running February 9 - 26, 2012. A failing student in the Royal Military College, an accident prone cavalryman, a poor pilot, and a most unlikely hero, Billy Bishop found his glory in the sky and became the first Canadian to receive the Military Cross, Victoria Cross, and Distinguished Service Medal making him the most decorated officer of the Royal Canadian Flying...

  • Upcoming Events

    03/22/12- 04/01/12	Last Train To Nibroc Unity Theatre Last Train To Nibroc Presented by Unity Theatre at Unity Theatre March 22-April 1, 2012 Unity Theatre presents Last Train To Nibroc.  A Romance by Arlene Hutton. Running March 22 – April 1, 2012. In December 1940, on an east-bound train, May shares her seat with a charming young flyer, Raleigh. They discover they are from neighboring Appalachian towns, and he decides to change trains for Kentucky, promising to take May to the next Nibroc Festival – and so begins a hesitant and improbable romance. This...
    04/19/12- 05/06/12	The Fantasticks Unity Theatre The Fantasticks Presented by Unity Theatre at Unity Theatre April 19-May 6, 2012 Unity Theatre presents The Fantasticks.  A Musical by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Running April 19 – May 6, 2012. The Fantasticks has become an icon of American theater and still holds the record as the longest-running stage production of any kind in the world! An allegorical story, loosely based on the play "The Romancers" ("Les Romanesques") by Edmond Rostand, it concerns two neighboring fathers who put up...
    06/14/12- 07/01/12	The Miracle Worker Unity Theatre The Miracle Worker Presented by Unity Theatre at Unity Theatre June 14-July 1, 2012 Unity Theatre presents The Miracle Worker.  A Drama by William Gibson. Running April 19 – May 6, 2012. Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this highly regarded American theatre classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and deaf Helen Keller. The Miracle Worker dramatizes the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge. Trapped in a secret, silent...

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  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    02/09/12- 02/26/12

    Billy Bishop Goes To War Unity Theatre Billy Bishop Goes To War Presented by Unity Theatre at Unity Theatre February 9-February 26, 2012 Unity Theatre presents Billy Bishop Goes To War. A Play with Music by John Gray. Running February 9 - 26, 2012. A failing student in the Royal Military College, an accident prone cavalryman, a poor pilot, and a most unlikely hero, Billy Bishop found his glory in the sky and became the first Canadian to receive the Military Cross, Victoria Cross, and Distinguished Service Medal making him the most decorated officer of the Royal Canadian Flying...

  • Upcoming Events

    03/22/12- 04/01/12	Last Train To Nibroc Unity Theatre Last Train To Nibroc Presented by Unity Theatre at Unity Theatre March 22-April 1, 2012 Unity Theatre presents Last Train To Nibroc.  A Romance by Arlene Hutton. Running March 22 – April 1, 2012. In December 1940, on an east-bound train, May shares her seat with a charming young flyer, Raleigh. They discover they are from neighboring Appalachian towns, and he decides to change trains for Kentucky, promising to take May to the next Nibroc Festival – and so begins a hesitant and improbable romance. This...
    04/19/12- 05/06/12	The Fantasticks Unity Theatre The Fantasticks Presented by Unity Theatre at Unity Theatre April 19-May 6, 2012 Unity Theatre presents The Fantasticks.  A Musical by Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Running April 19 – May 6, 2012. The Fantasticks has become an icon of American theater and still holds the record as the longest-running stage production of any kind in the world! An allegorical story, loosely based on the play "The Romancers" ("Les Romanesques") by Edmond Rostand, it concerns two neighboring fathers who put up...
    06/14/12- 07/01/12	The Miracle Worker Unity Theatre The Miracle Worker Presented by Unity Theatre at Unity Theatre June 14-July 1, 2012 Unity Theatre presents The Miracle Worker.  A Drama by William Gibson. Running April 19 – May 6, 2012. Immortalized onstage and screen by Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, this highly regarded American theatre classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and deaf Helen Keller. The Miracle Worker dramatizes the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and her charge. Trapped in a secret, silent...

• Past
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  • Past Events

    11/30/11- 12/04/11	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! Unity Theatre
    11/10/11- 11/20/11	The Turn Of The Screw Unity Theatre
    10/06/11- 10/23/11	Steel Magnolias Unity Theatre
    07/28/11- 07/31/11	Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (Interactive Theater Company) Unity Theatre
    06/09/11- 06/26/11	Little Mary Sunshine Unity Theatre
    03/31/11- 04/17/11	Charley's Aunt Unity Theatre
    02/03/11- 02/20/11	Souvenir Unity Theatre
    12/01/10- 12/05/10	The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Unity Theatre
    09/30/10- 10/17/10	Greater Tuna Unity Theatre
    06/10/10- 06/27/10	On Golden Pond Unity Theatre
    04/22/10- 05/09/10	Camelot Unity Theatre
    03/25/10- 03/26/10	Rob Landes in Concert Unity Theatre
    03/04/10- 03/07/10	Mark Twain Unity Theatre
    02/19/10- 02/20/10	Beyond the Pale in Concert Unity Theatre
    01/28/10- 01/31/10	The Amish Project Unity Theatre
    12/03/09- 12/20/09	It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Unity Theatre
    10/08/09- 10/25/09	The Matchmaker Unity Theatre
    07/08/09- 07/19/09	CANCELLED Anne of Green Gables: the Musical Unity Theatre
    07/02/09- 07/19/09	Talley's Folly Unity Theatre
    03/19/09- 04/05/09	Angel Street Unity Theatre
    02/05/09- 02/22/09	Master Class Unity Theatre

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