Olean Community Theatre

Olean Community Theatre, Inc. has been providing quality, live entertainment for New York's Southern Tier since 1979.

The Olean Community Theatre holds theatrical performances, musicals, comedies and dramas. Season or individual show tickets available.

The Dramatic Difference

Founded in 1979, Olean Community Theatre, Inc. is an all-volunteer organization that provides quality on-stage and behind-the-scenes theater experiences to individuals of all ages and backgrounds with the goal of stimulating and encouraging broad public participation in the dramatic arts.

What Sets Us Apart

OCT is the only community theater in the region to operate continuously since 1979 with well over 100 shows to its credit, reaching an audience of more than 100,000 people.

OCT is proud to be awarded funding from the Cattaraugus County portion of the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program.

OCT has been recognized by the Theatre Association of New York State with many, many TANYS Merit Awards. In addition to being invited to perform at the state festival, OCT has taken top honors not once, but twice in both overall show and individual perforformance categories!

Our most recent awards, including our Eastern States Theatre Association top prize and our Theatre Association of New York State Festival honors are listed on our AWARDS page.

OCT has an equipment and costume rental program that assists productions in area high schools and at other community theaters.

OUR MISSION

Founded in 1979, Olean Community Theatre, Inc. (OCT) strives to stimulate and encourage interest in the dramatic arts and enrich the community by providing opportunities for theatrical involvement.

Olean Community Theatre, Inc. is a non-profit organization funded in part through a grant by the New York State Council on the Arts and is a proud member of the Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS) and the American Association of Community Theatre (AACT).

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