OFC Creations Theatre recently announced the 2024-2025 Broadway in Brighton Series, back for a second year, after sold-out shows in nearly all performances last season. OFC’s Broadway in Brighton Series is comprised of six professional musical productions under the direction of OFC’s Executive Director Eric Vaughn Johnson, featuring performers from New York City, Los Angeles and across the country, alongside professional performers from our region.
This season’s focus is bringing beloved shows and stories of heroes of generations to the stage that are not typically performed in Rochester. OFC Creations strives to tell stories that demonstrate the beauty and resilience of the human spirit and hopes that through reflection on “stories of old” that we may better prepare ourselves to make solutions for the future.
The series will include: The Boy from Oz, a regional premiere; West Side Story, a timeless musical; The Prince of Egypt, an upstate NY and Rochester premiere – of which OFC is one of the first performing arts centers in the country to be granted permission to present this show; the classic musical Anything Goes; and Gypsy, a golden age musical. Closing out the 2024-2025 season will be the hugely popular Jersey Boys, produced locally for the first time, starring Adam Marino, who has performed professionally across the nation.
OFC Creations has been a fixture of the Rochester performing arts scene since 2005. After opening the 260-seat OFC Creations Theatre Center in 2020, OFC has continued to expand with the largest educational theater program for young actors in New York State, opening an immersive theatrical restaurant and cabaret performance venue in 2022. The 2024-2025 season marks the second year of the Broadway in Brighton Series, a professional regional theater season guaranteeing theatrical excellence for audiences.
The inaugural Broadway in Brighton Series brought in many performers from NYC, LA, and throughout the country, that performed alongside regional performers from the Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse areas. The new season under Johnson’s leadership will hold auditions in New York City in order to bring more new high end talent to our area.
“The success of our inaugural season was a resounding message that the Broadway in Brighton Series has filled a need in our community and beyond,” shared Eric Vaughn Johnson, Executive Director of OFC Theatre. “As a non-equity regional theatre, OFC Creations is proud to bring a professional series that focuses specifically on musicals. By having a mix of classic and golden age, along with Rochester premieres and debuts, we are very excited to bring in both new audiences and our beloved followers into the theatre.”
OFC’s popular Season Subscription package will return for the 2024-2025 season for those attending the full six show series, including a 25% discount on the series purchased by May 31, 2024, and 15% discount afterwards.
Season Subscriptions will receive a range of benefits valid through the end of the season including: an ongoing 10% discount at OFC’s restaurant, The Old Farm Café, on all meals and beverages; receive $2 off all wine and beer at the bar throughout the evening at each Broadway in Brighton season show from September 2024 through May 2025, including beer, wine, and champagne, or alternatively may opt for complimentary coffee and bottles of water; and an ongoing 10% discount on show merchandise at all performances.
Season Subscriptions can be purchased online at http://ofccreations.com, by calling OFC’s box office at 585-667-0954, and in person during all public hours at The Old Farm Café, 3450 Winton Place, Brighton. Subscriptions are now available for purchase; single tickets will go on sale June 1, 2024.
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