Grease
Book, Music and Lyrics by JIM JACOBS and WARREN CASEY
Directed by Terri J. Kent*^
Choreographer/Artistic Collaborator: Martín Céspedes^
Costume Designer: Mercedes Hill Bergum
Scenic Designer: Frankie Teuber+
Music Director: Jennifer Korecki
Executive Producer: Tony Hardin
Technical Director: Wes Carney
Lighting Designer: Jakyung C. Seo
Sound Designer: Jeff Polunas‡
Production Stage Manager: Tom Humes*+
Props Manager: Tomie Cotterman
Dance Captain: Brian Philip Boland~
*Member – Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence.
^ Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
+Member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
‡Member of represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. ~Member of Alpha Psi Omega, National Theatre Honor Society
GREASE” by arrangement with Robert Stigwood. Words and Music by Barry Gibb © Songs Of Universal, Inc. on behalf of Crompton Songs. Not for broadcast transmission. All rights reserved.
“Hopelessly Devoted To You” by arrangement with Robert Stigwood. Written by John Farrar © 1978 Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI), Ensign Music Corporation (BMI) and John Farrar Music (BMI) All Rights Administered By Unichappell Music Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
“You’re The One That I Want” by arrangement with Robert Stigwood. Written by John Farrar © 1978 Unichappell Music Inc. (BMI), Ensign Music Corporation (BMI) and John Farrar Music (BMI) All Rights Administered By Unichappell Music Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
“Sandy” by arrangement with Robert Stigwood. Written by Scott Simon and Louis St. Louis © 1978 Ensign Music Corporation (BMI). All Rights Administered By Unichappell Music Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission.
“Grease” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company. ;
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CAST OF CHARACTERS
Danny Zuko: Thomas Anstine
Sandy Dumbrowski: Lucia Lazzara-Goodrich
Betty Rizzo: Marianna Young
Frenchy: Lilly Smart
Marty: Lindsey Smits
Jan: Emmaline Seibert
Doody: Jack Campbell
Kenickie: Taylor Fremont Cope
Sonny Latierri, u/s Danny: Donovan Waselich
Roger: Jeremy Szymanski
Vince Fontaine/Teen Angel: Matt Gittins*
Cha-Cha, aka Charlene, Digergorino: Gannon Hollar
Eugene Florczyk: Cole Stellato
Johnny Casino: Savon M. Harris
Miss Lynch: Lara Troyer
Patty Simcox: Sophia Burnell
Pink Lady, u/s Sandy: Annabelle Price
Pink Lady, u/s Rizzo: Grace Bohan
Burger Boy, u/s Sonny: Brian Philip Boland~
Burger Boy, u/s Kenickie: TJ Grzybowski
Ayden Bilbrey: Burger Boy, u/s Roger
Davyon Williamson: Burger Boy, u/s Doody
Stella Maes: Pink Lady, u/s Jan and Patty
Jordan Benjamin: Pink Lady, u/s Marty and Cha-Cha
Maggie Coggin: Swing, u/s Frenchy
Hayden Toon: Swing, u/s Eugene, Vince Fontaine, Teen Angel
MUSICIANS
Keyboard 1/Conductor: .Jennifer Korecki
Tenor Sax 1: TBA
Tenor Sax 2: TBA
Guitar 1: Ryan McDermott
Guitar 2: Erin Vaughn
Drums: Scott Thomas
Bass: Don T. Day
*Member – Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence.
^ Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.
+Member of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.
‡Member of represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. ~Member of Alpha Psi Omega, National Theatre Honor Society
MUSIC NUMBERS
Act I
“Grease is the Word”: Company
“Alma Mater”: Miss Lynch, Patty, Eugene, Company
“Alma Mater Parody”: Pink Ladies, Burger Palace Boys
“Summer Nights”: Sandy, Danny, Pink Ladies, Burger Palace Boys
“Those Magic Changes”: Doody, Burger Palace Boys, Pink Ladies
“Freddy, My Love”: Marty, Pink Ladies
“Greased Lightnin’”: Kenickie, Burger Palace Boys
“Greased Lightnin’ / Rizzo’s Entrance”: Kenickie, Burger Palace Boys
“Rydell Fight Song”: Sandy, Patty
“Mooning”: Roger, Jan
“Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee”: Rizzo
“We Go Together”: Pink Ladies, Burger Palace Boys
Intermission
Act II
“Shakin’ at the High School Hop”: Company
“Hopelessly Devoted to You”: Sandy, Radio Voice
“Born to Hand Jive”: Johnny Casino, Company
“Beauty School Dropout”: Teen Angel, Frenchy, Choir
“Beauty School Dropout (Reprise)”: Teen Angel
“Sandy”: Danny, Burger Palace Boys
“Rock ‘N’ Roll Party Queen”: Doody, Roger
“There Are Worse Things I Could Do”: Rizzo
“Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee (Reprise)”: Sandy
“You’re the One That I Want”: Sandy, Danny, Pink Ladies, Burger Palace Boys
“Finale: We Go Together (Reprise)”: Company
AUTHORS
WARREN CASEY
Warren Casey was born in Yonkers, New York, and attended Syracuse University. During the late ‘50s, he learned all about “greasers” while working as an art teacher in upstate New York. He moved to Chicago in 1962, where he hoped to pursue an acting career. He appeared in dozens of productions, including creating the role of Bernie Litko in David Mamet’s “Sexual Perversity” in Chicago. He supported himself with jobs in retail, including working as an assistant manager of a chain of apparel stores, and as a record salesman. In the meantime, he taught himself how to play the guitar and began writing songs. Mr. Casey acted with the Chicago Stage Guild (where he met Jim Jacobs), the Old Town Players, and the Kinston Mines Theatre. The latter company staged the original production of “Grease,” which he wrote with Jim Jacobs. After the incredible success of both the musical and the movie, the two collaborated on “Island of Lost Coeds,” a musical satire of the B-movies of the 1950s. Mr. Casey died in 1988.
JIM JACOBS
Jim Jacobs, who created “Grease” (in 1970) with Warren Casey, was born and raised on the mean streets of Chicago’s far northwest side. During the golden era of rock ‘n’ roll (1956-1960) he was a guitar-playing “greaser” student at Taft High School. In 1963, Jacobs met Warren Casey when they were both cast in a local theatre production of “A Shot in the Dark.” Seven years later they wrote what was to become one of the greatest musicals of all time. “Grease” opened in 1971 in a former trolley barn called the Kingston Mines Theatre in Chicago. A year later, “Grease” made it to Broadway and “Greasemania” took off, resulting in one of the longest-running shows in Broadway history. The 1978 movie became and long remained the highest-grossing movie musical of all time. Originally an actor, Jacobs has been seen on television, in motion pictures, regional theatre, national tours, and on Broadway. He is the co-author of several other plays and musicals including “Island of Lost Coeds,” a musical spoof of the low budget sci-fi/horror/jungle movies of the 1950s, which he wrote with Warren Casey. In May 2014, Mr. Jacobs was presented with an honorary doctorate degree from Columbia College in Chicago. He currently resides in Southern California and remains active in the theatre, especially with the American Theatre Company of Chicago.