About OFC Creations
Mission
OFC Creations LLC’s (Opportunities For Creativity) mission is to give artists of all ages an opportunity to explore and push their creative limits. OFC is committed to developing the next generation of artists and audiences through shows, unique events, and educational classes for all ages.
Vision
OFC Creations supports the community through partnerships and creative show selections in the Rochester area. OFC offers after school and evening arts programming to private and public schools, opening opportunities to new directors in the Rochester community, touring theatre productions, and performing arts classes. Additionally, OFC partners with the LGBT+ community each year to present a LGBT+ Show Series, many of the performances benefit non-profit organizations like Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. In the summer months, OFC runs the largest theatre summer camp program in Upstate New York: ROC Summer Theatre Experience.
OFC Creations Theatre Center
Originally housed in multiple theatres including the Kodak Center and the Lyric Theatre, OFC opened a new, multi-purpose performing arts center in Brighton in July of 2020: the OFC Creations Theatre Center.
The OFC Creations Theatre Center (3450 Winton Pl, Rochester, NY 14623) has given the company the opportunity to expand to offer more to the community that it serves. The 260-seat theatre hosts a multitude of events. The re-designed lobby is ideal for community receptions and events. Additional spaces include a multi-use dance studio, private lesson rooms, greenroom/dressing room, and more. The center is air conditioned, ADA accessible, and has free parking for 750 vehicles. (Find out more on the new theatre by CLICKING HERE)
With a focus on youth theatre education and performances, mounting professional plays and musicals, hosting community events, presenting out-of-town entertainers, the center provides much-needed performance space to local arts groups of all sizes. OFC offers classes in acting, singing, and dancing; is able to host community events, school field trips and tours; along with their popular theatre camps held during summer and the school year.
OFC History
OFC has been a fixture of the Rochester performing arts scene since 2005. Founded by Eric Vaughn Johnson, OFC’s original artists and students dabbled in claymation, videography, and music videos. In 2014, the group grew from an informal "student club" to a successful, fully-fledged company. OFC produced live musical theatre productions at Nazareth College, the Rochester Museum and Science Center, Visual Studies Workshop, School of the Arts, the East End Theatre, the Kodak Center, the Century Club, and the Lyric Theatre.
As their reputation grew, OFC found themselves in demand as area elementary schools reached out to the company to run in-school drama programs. The school programs soon expanded to encompass February break and Spring break camps, evening classes and lessons, professional workshops, and summer camp programs. OFC's educational programs grew alongside our professional adult productions, featuring many of the same teaching artists who work with our students. OFC is one of the only independent company of theatre professionals teaching the next generation of theatre professionals in the region.
Branches of OFC Creations
OFC's Roc Summer Theatre Experience is the largest theatre summer camp in Upstate NY running annually in July & August taking over multiple theatre locations.
OFC's theatrical coffee shop is opening in JUNE 2022 next door to OFCTC! Join us for food, coffee, entertainment, and being transported beyond reality!
OFC Rentals encompasses costume packages, backdrops, sets, puppets, as well as venue rentals of our 260-seat performing arts center.
OFC's Storybook Touring Theatre Company features a troupe of professional actors performing classic children's stories at schools across our region and at OFCTC.
PAST MAIN PRODUCTIONS
Spring Awakening - May 2022
Oliver! - May 2022
Forbidden Broadway - March 2022
Company - March 2022
Charlotte's Web - January 2022
A Golden Girls Christmas Carol - Dec 2021
Bare: A Pop Opera - Sept/Oct 2021
Singing Streisand - September 2021
A Chorus Line - July 2021
The Fantasticks - April 2021
Songs for a New World - October 2020
Man of La Mancha - March 2020
Sinatra at the Sands Reprise - February 2020
Dixie's Tupperware Party - January 2020
Christmas with the King - December 2019
Ginger Minj - December 2019
Wrapping Around the Christmas Tree - Dec 19
Frank's Rat Pack - December 2019
Nunsense - November 2019
Bibbidi Bobbidi Cinderella - October 2019
Miss Coco Peru - September 2019
Shout The Mod Musical - July 2019
America's Sweetheart of Song - May 2019
The Bodyguard - May 2019
The Golden Girls Musical - April 2019
The Sound of Music - March 2019
Produce: The Musical - January 2019
Ginger Minj - December 2018
Vanities - November 2018
The Emperor's New Clothes - October 2018
Hedwig & the Angry Inch - September 2018
Miss Richfield 1981 - April 2018
The Wild Party - July 2017
Spring Awakening - April 2016
It's Only A Play - April 2016
I Love You Because - February 2016
La Cage Aux Folles - September 2015
Avenue Q - July 2015
Graceland & Asleep on the Wind - Sept. 2014
Tick, Tick BOOM! - August 2014
In the Heights - May 2014
Bare: A Pop Opera - January 2014
Kite Strings - September 2013
The Drowsy Chaperone - August 2013
The Wiz - June 2013
Fame - May 2013
The Wild Party - February 2013
[Title of Show] - January 2013
The Producers - May 2012
The Last 5 Years - May 2011
Prior to 2011 OFC Creations was named OFC Videos and solely created films and
cabaret events.
PAST YOUTH PRODUCTIONS
The Music Man KIDS - May 2022
High School Musical 2 Jr - April 2022
Matilda Jr - March 2022
The Rainbow Fish - March 2022
Shrek Jr - February 2022
High School Musical Jr - February 2022
Steel Magnolias - January 2022
Pippin - January 2022
Rudolph Red Nosed Reindeer - Dec 2021
Phantom of the Opera - November 2021
The Little Mermaid - November 2021
Aladdin KIDS - October 2021
Beauty and the Beast Jr - August 2021
Newsies - August 2021
Elf Jr - August 2021
Jekyll and Hyde - August 2021
Seussical Jr - August 2021
Oliver Jr - July 2021
RENT: School Edition - July 2021
Cinderella - July 2021
James and the Giant Peach Jr - July 2021
Spelling Bee - July 2021
The Diary of Anne Frank - June 2021
Little Shop of Horrors - May 2021
Spongebob the Musical (kids) - May 2021
Spongebob the Musical (teens) - April 2021
Descendants - April 2021
Annie Jr - March 2021
Be More Chill - March 2021
Legally Blonde Jr - February 2021
Almost, Maine - January 2021
Into the Woods - January 2021
Heathers - November 2020
Moana Jr - November 2020
Little Women - September 2020
Summer 2020 Shows Were Adjusted Due To The Pandemic
Mamma Mia - March 2020
Frozen Jr - February 2020
In the Heights - December 2019
Dogfight - September 2019
Newsies - August 2019
The Wizard of Oz - August 2019
Shrek - August 2019
Grease - August 2019
High School Musical - August 2019
Once on this Island - August 2019
Les Mis - July 2019
Annie - July 2019
Winnie the Pooh - July 2019
Beauty and the Beast - July 2019
Shrek - June 2019
Willy Wonka - June 2019
Frozen - June 2019
The Lion King - May 2019
The Little Mermaid - April 2019
The Lion King - April 2019
RENT: School Edition - March 2019
Madagascar - February 2019
The Wiz - December 2018
The Wizard of Oz - June 2018
The Jungle Book - May 2018
The Lion King - June 2017
Godspell - June 2016
The Jungle Book - May 2016
Seussical - June 2015
Beauty and the Beast - June 2014
The Little Mermaid - June 2013
OFC Creations LLC is proud to be a member of Visit Rochester, NIVA, and the Brighton Chamber of Commerce
Statement on Diversity:
OFC Creations LLC and OFC Creations Theatre Center LLC values diversity from all backgrounds and strives to create a welcoming theatre that attracts and retains a wide variety of talented people with different perspectives and new ideas. OFC values diversity among all dimensions of the human experience, including gender, race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, differing abilities, gender expression, veterans, socio-economic status, and sexual orientation. The OFC Team believes diversity improves the quality of our performances and the communities we are part of, making an important statement about the inherent worth of every individual.
Statement on Inclusion:
OFC's staff is committed to supporting all students being themselves. We recognize all students are in different places with figuring out how they fit into the world and we are open and ready to support them in any way we can. OFC is a safe place for all students with a strict no bullying policy. Please contact us and make us aware of any ways we can make your child's experience the best it can be.
OFC embraces diversity and encourages actors to apply even if they do not fit the stereotype of the character as originally written or portrayed.
Questions on scholarship opportunities? Please CLICK HERE
Acknowledgment:
We are gathered in ancestral territory of the Onöndowa’ga, or "the people of the Great Hill." In English, they are known as Seneca people, "the keeper of the western door." Together, with the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Tuscarora, the Seneca make up the sovereign Haudenosaunee Confederacy. We pay respects to their elders, past and present. Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, genocide, and migration that bring us together here today. Please join us in uncovering such truths at any and all public events.
