Jonathan Groff to Perform Benefit Concert at Ephrata Performing Arts Center

Broadway and Hollywood star Jonathan Groff will give a benefit concert at EPAC's Sharadin Bigler Theatre on January 31 at 8 pm. Groff will be accompanied on piano by acclaimed music director Mary-Mitchell Campbell.

Groff will also join guests for an after-party at Ephrata's American Legion. Party tickets are only available to those who purchase performance tickets.

Groff received a 2007 Tony nomination for Best Actor for creating the role of Melchior Gabor in the rock musical Spring Awakening. He appeared in a pair of off-Broadway Craig Lucas plays, Prayer for My Enemy and The Singing Forest, and Central Park productions of Hair and The Bacchae. He starred in the West End revival of Deathtrap before returning to New York to star in The Submission. He will be appearing in A New Brain at the New York City Center June 24-27, 2015.

Groff also gained world-wide recognition for his role of Kristoff in Disney's Frozen in 2013. Other movies include C.O.G., The Conspirator, and Taking Woodstock.

His television roles include Jesse St. James in the hit show Glee and the television movie The Normal Heart. He can currently be seen on HBO's Looking.

An EPAC alumnus, Groff appeared the playhouse's 2002 production of Honk in the role of Ugly. In 2004 he played the title role in the hit musical Bat Boy in the newly renovated Sharadin Bigler Theatre.

Tickets for EPAC Presents An Evening with Jonathan Groff will go on sale to the general public beginning Monday, January 12, at 12 pm. Ticket reservations will not be accepted before that time. Box Office staff can be reached at 717-733-7966 Monday through Friday from 12-4 pm. Tickets can also be purchased online. Ticket prices for this benefit begin at $150, with several options available for seating and the after-party. The performance portion of the ticket price is tax-deductible.

Proceeds from this event will benefit EPAC's capital fund, and a special announcement about the fund will be made during the event.

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