GREASE - in concert Saturday, August 17, 2024

DANNY ZUKO: Jake Rademacher 

SANDY DUMBROWSKI: Ella Gwiazdzinski

BETTY RIZZO: Ashley Lopes

FRENCHY: Cait Brown

MARTY: Cierra Schultz

JAN: Morgan Capodilupo

PATTY SIMCOX: Hana Toler

DOODY: Aster Kallman

KENICKIE: Daelan DeAngelis

SONNY: Brady Cardone 

CHA-CHA DIGREGORIO/ENSEMBLE: Claire Crittendon 

EUGENE FLORCZYK/ENSEMBLE: Aiden Gartland 

JOHNNY CASINO: Alex Tirrell

MISS LYNCH/ENSEMBLE: Chelsea Gartland

ENSEMBLE/DANCE CAPTAIN : Marley Shaw

VINCE FONTAINE:  Dan Chaika

ORCHESTRA

Conductor / Piano - Alex Tirrell

Drums/Percussion - Janelle Roussel

Guitar 1- Chris Sweeney 

Guitar 2- Benjamin Lee Tirrell

Bass - Brian Grochowski

Tenor Sax 1 - Ted Rausch

Tenor Sax 2 - Katie Fontaine

Brad Kirton - Director

Alex Tirrell - Music Director 

Zach Searle - Technical Director/Lighting Design/Sound Engineer

Terry Shea - Multimedia Design/Event Producer/Sound Design

Leslie Racine-Vazquez - Choreography

Laura Ash - Properties Manager/Costume Advisor

Sophie Brusini - Production Stage Manager

Bryan Grady - Assistant Stage Manager/Running Crew

James Sloane - Video Direction, Videography

Olivia Sloane - Video Engineering

Shawn Gamache - Videography

Dawn Sloane - Hair and Makeup Consultant

Amelia Smith - Scenic Painting

Jayden Geyer - Running Crew

Richard Marr-Griffin - Poster Design

Melissa Shaw - Rehearsal Photography

Video and Lighting provided by APAD

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

Additional music/lyrics by: John Farrar / Louis St. Louis, Scott Simon / Barry Alan Gibb

Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as "Greased Lightnin'," "It's Raining on Prom Night," "Alone at the Drive-In Movie" recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation. An eight-year run on Broadway and two subsequent revivals, along with innumerable school and community productions place Grease among the world's most popular musicals.

Grease debuted Off-Broadway on February 14, 1972 at the Eden Theatre in New York City. The show transferred to Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre, and later to the Royale Theatre, closing on April 13, 1980 after a record-breaking 3,388 performances. The film adaptation of Grease premiered in 1978 and became the highest-grossing movie musical of all time. Greasereturned to Broadway twice, in a 1994 revival directed and choreographed by Jeff Calhoun and a 2007 revival directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall.

GREASE contains some adult themes and language. 

This production is presented in an "in concert" format, as a celebration of  the music with multimedia embellishment.   

Promotional consideration given to the North Kingstown Arts Council.

Showtime:

Saturday, August 17th @ 7:30pm (rain date, Aug 18th)

Location: 

North Kingstown Town Beach Bandshell

10 Beach St, North Kingstown, RI 02852

Tickets:$20/$15 – (Students and Military as well as holders of a Lifetime Subscription pin)

For those who have attended any of  WBCT’s previous August productions on the beach, they know what a special experience it can be. Moonlight on the water, food trucks, a festive audience, and some of the best voices in local theater all in one special evening in Wickford. Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, and anything else to make an August night on the beach comfortable.