Grunin Center for the Arts

10/29/2025

UPDATE
Our Patron Ticket Site runs on Microsoft Azure, which is currently working to resolve an outage. If you are unable to order tickets online this evening, our Box Office will reopen on Thursday, October 30th at noon. A representative will be available to assist patrons with ticket orders at that time. Thank you for your continued understanding!
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We are currently experiencing an outage of our Patron Ticket Site. Please call the Box Office at 732-255-0500 to speak with a representative to purchase your tickets. We have representatives available until 5pm today to help complete your ticket orders!
We will let you know when our site is back up and running - Thank you for your understanding!

10/24/2025

🎉🌟 Get ready for an unforgettable night! Illusionist Leon Etienne is hitting the stage at the Grunin Center for ONE NIGHT ONLY on November 6th! 🌟🎉Magic Rocks, known from America’s Got Talent, Jimmy Fallon, Masters of Illusion, and Penn & Teller: Fool Us, is a MUST-SEE! 🎩✨ Grab your tickets now: https://www.grunincenter.org/event/magic-rocks/

10/23/2025

The countdown is on... just 3 days until Clint Holmes and Chris Ruggiero share the stage for the first time ever!
Don't miss this opportunity to see these two incredible performers in one place, one day only!
https://www.grunincenter.org/event/chris-ruggiero-clint-holmes/

10/21/2025

***UPDATE - Saturday October 25 at 2pm is the only show with tickets still available. Don't wait to grab yours before they are gone!

🦇 The reviews are in… and they’re fang-tastic!
Audiences are raving about Dracula at the Grunin Center:
⭐ “Everyone was outstanding!”
⭐ “It was incredible!”
⭐ “Top notch!!”
⭐ “The actors were wonderful. The set was fantastic.”
⭐ "As good as off Broadway show! Actors, costumes, sound, and stage design all were excellent. Very enjoyable."

If you’ve been waiting to get in on the spooky spirit — don’t wait any longer! 👻
Two of the remaining four performances are already SOLD OUT, and only a handful of seats remain for the others.

🎭 Dracula
🗓️ Friday, Oct. 24 @ 7:30 PM — SOLD OUT
🗓️ Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 2:00 PM — TICKETS AVAILABLE
🗓️ Saturday, Oct. 25 @ 7:30 PM — VERY LIMITED SEATS LEFT
🗓️ Sunday, Oct. 26 @ 2:00 PM — SOLD OUT

Sink your teeth into this chilling classic before it disappears for good! 🩸
🎟️ Get your tickets now: https://www.grunincenter.org/event/dracula/2025-10-26/

10/21/2025

🎤 Get ready for an unforgettable afternoon! On October 26 at 4pm, join us at the Grunin Center for a one-night-only performance: Clint Holmes & Chris Ruggiero sharing the stage for the first time ever.
They’ll take us through the greatest hits of the past 60 years — from Carole King to Lennon & McCartney — songs that shaped our lives.

Secure your seats now and bring a friend for a musical journey you’ll remember. 🎶
👉https://www.grunincenter.org/event/chris-ruggiero-clint-holmes/

  Get Tickets Main Stage (Building 11A) Orchestra $65 – $55, Mezzanine $55 – $45 Member and Fan presale August 14-20, All Tickets on sale August 21 About the show Clint Holmes and Chris Ruggiero share the stage – for the first time – in one fantastic show. One night … Continue reading Chr...

10/17/2025

🩸 CAST SPOTLIGHT 🩸
Meet the Cast of Dracula

🎭 Jeff Bodnar
Role: Dracula

📖 About Jeff:
Jeff is thrilled to return to OCC Rep, where he portrayed Salieri in Amadeus earlier this year, reuniting with some of his favorite cast and crew. Local audiences may recognize him from performances at Algonquin Arts Theatre in Footloose, 1776, Fiddler on the Roof, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, as well as Jekyll & Hyde at Spring Lake Theatre. Favorite past roles include Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar and Che in Evita. This past summer, Jeff appeared as Robert in The Bridges of Madison County with Ghostlight Players in Staten Island, where he also unironically directed Blood Brothers. When not on stage, Jeff works as a local Realtor with Goldstone Realty—so if you’re searching for your dream castle, give him a call, or you just might regret it!

🦇 See Jeff bring the role of Dracula to life in the OCC Repertory Theatre Company’s production of Dracula! Oct 17 - 26, Times Vary
https://www.grunincenter.org/event/dracula/2025-10-26/

Please be advised that special effects, including stage blood, simulated fog, and simulated fire/smoke, will appear in this production.

10/17/2025

🩸 CAST SPOTLIGHT 🩸
Meet the Cast of Dracula

🎭Brendan Keffner
Role: Renfield

📖 About Brendan:
Brendan is excited to return to the OCC Rep Company! His previous credits with the company include Our Town, The Crucible, Dr. Frankenstein, The Importance of Being Earnest, Amadeus, and Deathtrap. Credits elsewhere include WARMTH, Mothers and Sons, God of Carnage, and Crimes of the Heart.

🦇 See Brendan bring the role of Renfield to life in the OCC Repertory Theatre Company’s production of Dracula! Oct 17 - 26, Times Vary
https://www.grunincenter.org/event/dracula/2025-10-26/

Please be advised that special effects, including stage blood, simulated fog, and simulated fire/smoke, will appear in this production.

10/16/2025

🩸 CAST SPOTLIGHT 🩸
Meet the Cast of Dracula

🎭 Charles Sullivan
Role: Van Helsing

📖 About Charles:
Charles Sullivan is the delighted to be making his debut with OCC Rep! A Manhattan attorney in a past life, he currently is the Executive Director of Ghostlight Players on Staten Island, for which he directed "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress" and "Pride and Prejudice". Past acting credits include the title character in “The Rise and Fall of Falstaff”, Robert in “Proof”, Mister Cladwell in "Urinetown", Benjamin Franklin in "1776", Herr Schultz in "Cabaret" and Sheridan Whiteside in "The Man Who Came to Dinner", as well as Big Daddy in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", Sir Thomas More in "A Man for All Seasons", Pandarus in “Troilus and Cressida”, Satan in “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”, Pilate in “Jesus Christ, Superstar!” and Ebenezer Scrooge in "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol". Charles is thrilled (and a little jealous) to be working in this beautiful venue.

🦇 See Charles bring Van Helsing to life in the OCC Repertory Theatre Company’s production of Dracula! Oct 17 - 26, Times Vary
https://www.grunincenter.org/event/dracula/2025-10-26/

Please be advised that special effects, including stage blood, simulated fog, and simulated fire/smoke, will appear in this production.

10/16/2025

🩸 CAST SPOTLIGHT 🩸
Meet the Cast of Dracula

🎭 Sophia Gallegos
Role: Vixen/Maid

📖 About Sophia:
Sophia is a recent graduate of High School South and is currently attending Ocean County College as a Performing Arts Theatre Major. Some notable roles include Titania from “A Midsummer nights dream” and Kaliope from “She Kills Monsters”.

🦇 Catch Sophia in the OCC Repertory Theatre Company’s production of Dracula! Oct 17 - 26, Times Vary
https://www.grunincenter.org/event/dracula/2025-10-26/

Please be advised that special effects, including stage blood, simulated fog, and simulated fire/smoke, will appear in this production.

10/15/2025

🩸 CAST SPOTLIGHT 🩸
Meet the Cast of Dracula

🎭 Matt Pritchet
Role: Harker

📖 About Matt:
Matt is thrilled to make his OCC Rep debut as Harker in Dracula. He was last seen on stage as Romeo in Holmdel Theatre’s staged reading of Romeo and Juliet. All his love to his incredible parents, his darling partner, and everyone who has ever been nice to him.

🦇 See Matt bring the role of Harker to life in the OCC Repertory Theatre Company’s production of Dracula! Oct 17 - 26, Times Vary
https://www.grunincenter.org/event/dracula/2025-10-26/

Please be advised that special effects, including stage blood, simulated fog, and simulated fire/smoke, will appear in this production.

10/15/2025

🩸 CAST SPOTLIGHT 🩸
Meet the Cast of Dracula

🎭Hope Kobus
Role: Lucy

📖 About Hope:
Hope is (Lucy) is a recent graduate of Belmont University where she received her BFA. This is her first performance with the Ocean County College Repertory Theatre. When she is not on stage, she is a saxophone player in a local cover band, Shorty Long and the Jersey Horns.

🦇 See Hope bring the role of Lucy to life in the OCC Repertory Theatre Company’s production of Dracula! Oct 17 - 26, Times Vary
https://www.grunincenter.org/event/dracula/2025-10-26/

Please be advised that special effects, including stage blood, simulated fog, and simulated fire/smoke, will appear in this production.

10/14/2025

🩸 CAST SPOTLIGHT 🩸
Meet the Cast of Dracula

🎭 Zachary Pich
Role: Seward

📖 About Zachary:
Zachary is excited to make his return to OCC’s Black Box Theater. Graduating with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Rowan University, Zack enjoys any opportunity to perform on stage again. His previous roles at the Black Box include George Gibbs in Our Town, and Joseph Brennan in Lovers.

🦇 See Zachary bring the role of Seward to life in the OCC Repertory Theatre Company’s production of Dracula! Oct 17 - 26, Times Vary
https://www.grunincenter.org/event/dracula/2025-10-26/

Please be advised that special effects, including stage blood, simulated fog, and simulated fire/smoke, will appear in this production.