It has a history of premiering cutting-edge contemporary plays and musicals that have never before been produced in the area.
[4] The theatre draws its company of actors largely from the greater Kansas City area, but its productions also frequently feature performers from regional theatre communities in Chicago, St. Louis, and various other cities across the United States.
[5] The Unicorn moved to its current location on Main Street in 1986, when it transformed an 80-year-old parking garage into a functional, intimate theatre space with a thrust stage.
A $2 million Next Stage Capital Campaign was launched in 2004 to renovate and expand the theatre,[7] and the Unicorn opened the Jerome Stage in 2008, naming it after Norge W. Jerome, a nutritional anthropologist and former Unicorn theatre board member.
[13] To date, the theatre has produced 58 world-premiere productions during the span of their 40 years of operation.