UNITY THEATRE TO PRESENT ‘A CHRISTMAS STORY’
Unity Theatre will usher in the holidays with the holiday favorite, A Christmas Story.
The comedy by Philip Grecian is based on the novel by Jean Shepherd, and will play on the Main Stage December 5th through the 22nd.
The story follows 9-year old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Tom Prior, most recently seen as Atticus Finch in Unity’s production of To Kill a Mockingbird, will direct this holiday classic.
The family unit in A Christmas Story will be played almost entirely by the real-life O’Brien family. Justin O’Brien plays the role of the father, and Crystal O’Brien is the mother. Their son, Kevin will be Randy, daughter Eden will be one of the school girls. The role of Ralphie is played by Henry Bradford, and Mark Roberts plays adult Ralphie and the narrator of the story. The school marm, Miss Shields, is played by Lindsay Ehrhardt and the school children are played by Connor Sloan, Cameron Sloan, Betsy Parker, Sadie Royer and Jake Knowles.
Unity Theatre is offering Guest Artist Workshops this season, and each workshop will be taught by actors featured in the show running at that time. The workshop presented during the run of A Christmas Story will take place Saturday, December 14th from 2pm-4pm, entitled “Playing With Punctuation”, and is for adults, ages 18 and up. For more information, registration forms and fees, please visit https://unitybrenham.org/education.
There is a Preview performance on Thursday, December 5th which includes a talk-back with the cast and crew immediately following the performance and is presented at the Preview rate of $19.
Show times are Thursdays at 7:30 pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, and Sundays at 4:00 pm.
Tickets are $27 and they are reserved;student tickets are $15, and any unsold seats are $15 at 15 minutes prior to any performance.
Tom Prior, the director, will host a chat prior to the show on the evening of Saturday, December 14th.
Circle Member reservations begin November 12th, Subscribers can begin making their reservations November 18th and tickets go on sale to the public on November 25th. Reservations can be made through the Unity Theatre Box Office at 300 Church Street, open Monday through Friday, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, by phone at (979) 830-8358, or by email to tickets@unitybrenham.org. On November 25th, tickets are released for online purchase at https://Tickets.UnityBrenham.org. For more information, visit www.UnityBrenham.org.