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Meet the Cast: Grease
Written By: Scott Daniel, Mountain Theatre Company Executive Artistic Director | Issue: June 2024
Mountain Theatre Company’s Grease rumbles onstage with room-filling energy and enough hit tunes to fill a 1957 Rock-Ola. Book tickets now at mountaintheatre.com or by calling (828) 526-2695. Grease runs June 5-22.
Put on your leather jackets, poodle skirts, bobby socks and slick back that pompadour as Mountain Theatre Company presents the musical comedy classic, Grease, this summer.
Directed by me and choreographed by Raymond Lamar Bennet (Broadway’s Moulin Rouge), the production will begin June 5 with an Opening Night pluss All Access event that includes complimentary champagne, hors d’oeuvres, and a backstage tour with the cast and creative team.
MTC audiences have come to expect the very best talent on their local stage and this production of Grease promises the perfect mix of singers, actors, and dancers that will portray the students and faculty of Rydell High. Jack Baugh (Off Broadway: The Office! A Musical Parody) and Katherine Lindsley will star as Danny and Sandy, respectively, with Zachary Bigelow (National Tour: Anastasia) as Kenickie, Ashley Rubin (National Tour: Grease) as Frenchy, Sarah Santos (NCL: Summer: The Donna Summer Musical) as Rizzo, Grace Crugnale (RCCI: Cats) as Marty, Kate Jerecki as Jan, Brooks Andrews as Doody, and David Gaztambide as Roger. The cast also features Robert Rice (Global Tour: The Sound of Music) as Vince Fontaine, Lori Nielsen (National Tour: Menopause the Musical) as Miss Lynch, Jillian Worthing (NCL: Six: The Musical) as Patty Simcox, Galvin Yaun as Eugene, and Catrina Contini as ChaCha, with Jackson Dunlap, David Benjamin Perry, Marissa Spahn, and Savannah Worthington in the ensemble. Audience favorite Emanuel Carrero (MTC: Jersey Boys) will make cameo appearances as the Teen Angel for select performances.
Mountain Theatre Company promises the production will be “a true spectacle for the entire family” and through special licensing will feature songs from both the film and stage versions loved by generations of audiences.
The production will feature sets by Tom Hansen and costume design by Beck Jones, vocal direction by Lori Nielsen, lighting by Hannah Wien, and sound design by Cheyenne Dalton. With a book and score by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Grease features such tunes as “We Go Together,” “Summer Nights,” “Greased Lightning,” “Look at Me, I’m Sandra Dee,” “Beauty School Dropout,” and “There Are Worse Things I Could Do.”
