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“GREASE” Beloved Musical Drives into HPAC
Dust off your leather jackets, pull on your bobby-socks and take a
trip to a simpler time as Danny and Sandy fall in love all over again at
the Honesdale High School Musical production of Grease! Opening on
Friday, February 18, 2022 and running through Sunday, February 20, 2022,
GREASE, BY Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, features all the unforgettable
songs from the hit movie including “You’re the One That I Want”, “Summer
Nights”, “Hopelessly Devoted to You”, “Greased Lightnin’” and many
more.
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,”
and “Sandy” recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and
Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation.
GREASE
opened Off-Broadway at the Eden Theatre on February 14, 1972 but was
deemed eligible for the 1972 Tony Awards, and received seven Tony Award
nominations. The 1994 revival also garnered Tony nominations and the
show went on to a successful national tour.
The movie that we all
know and love opened 44 years ago and it is a testament to the music
and the iconic characters that GREASE is still the word today. The best
part of this quintessentially American high school story (aside from the
music, of course) is what Danny, Sandy, Rizzo, Kenickie, Frenchy and
the rest of the Rydell High gang taught us – that the people who really
care about you will stay by your side no matter how different you are
from one another, and support you just the same whether you’re a
pom-pom-wielding goody-two-shoes, a leather-touting boys or a
starry-eyed, pink-haired aspiring beautician who drops out of school
months before graduation.
“So throw your mittens around your
kittens and hand jive the night away with the show that’ll make you want
to stand up and shout, ‘A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop, a-wop-bam-boom!” expressed
Scott D. Miller, Executive Director.
This production stars John
Rodriguez as Danny Zuko and Maria Kannebecker as Sandy. Other cast
members that may be familiar to Honesdale audiences are Amaya Hall (Miss
Lynch), Aviana Branning (Patty Simcox), Blaine Bolella (Eugene
Florczk), Lily Taraschuk (Jan), Emma Agis (Marty), Rochelle Keast (Betty
Rizzo), Kyle Deron (Doody), Eric Berkihiser (Roger), Calvin Feustel
(Kenickie), William Eisloeffel (Sonny LaTierri), Lexi Pinto (Frenchy),
Brodie Cole (Vince Fontaine), Dante Stiffler (Johnny Casino), Karli
Rowles (Cha-Cha DiGregorio), and Daniel Peoples (Teen Angel).
Making
their debut as our Rydell High students, Pink Ladies, or Burger Palace
Boys are rising stars Seth Buckwalter, Olivia Pinto, Ruth Ihlefeldt,
Nicholas Eisele-Bockelkamp, Claragail Wheeler, Nicholas Albano, Emily
Ruggles, Trysten Evanitsky, Cheyenne Rickard, Kayla Ammann, Angelica
Dryer, Danielle Gager, Abby Mizwinski, Anna Brown, Lindsey Eisloeffel,
Kari Stiteler, Robert Ammann, Angela Holmes, Kally Kietrys, Keith
Kolhagen, Lilly Long, Alexis Pizzo, Liam Platt, Isabella Ramirez, Justin
Schumacher, Hailey Tyler, and Steve Vitale.
“Grease” is directed
and produced by Scott D. Miller, with Musical Director Martha Curtis,
Pit Band Director, Betty Ann Robson, Assistant Musical Director Geri
Spinosa, Assistant Director and Choreographer Mason Marie Clark,
Technical Director Shawn Garing, Assistant Technical Director William
Sievers, Hair, Makeup, and Costume Designer Kathryn Beisel, Master Set
Designer Stacy Roerig. Technical Supervisor Lakelen Leclere, Stage
Managers Andrew Carrick and Amanda Kuta, House Manager Zackary Wilken,
Lighting Team Nolan Duffy, Tyler Kominski, and Daven Good, Sound Dominic
Miller, Jorden Haviland, and Amit Fulp, Scenic Artists Leanndra
Bloxham, Shayla Sanchez and Alexandra Korb.
The production team
continues with stage crew and set construction James Ahern, Calvin
Feustel, John Rodriguez, Zachary Wilken, Nolan Duffy, Jorden Haviland,
Christian Krasniak, Lakelen Leclere, Jacob Babel, Andrew Carrick, Caleb
Dodson, Amit Fulp, Amanda Kuta, Dominic Miller, Avery Ohliger, Riley
Wheeler, Andrew Baker, Blaine Bolella, Julian Ciarrocchi, Daniel
D’Albora, Evan Funk, Daven Good, Julian Klocko, Tyler Kominski, and
Justin Schumacher.
GREASE opens at the Honesdale Performing Arts
Center, on the campus of Honesdale High School on Friday, February 18,
2022 and runs through Sunday, February 20, 2022. Performance times are
Friday and Saturday at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday’s matinee is at 2pm.
Reserved
seating tickets are on sale now, Regular $10, Senior (+62) $9, Student
$5, Children (3-5) $5, Red/Black Pass (Complimentary) for all tickets
and may be purchased online at www.honesdalepac.com
or by calling the Honesdale Performing Arts Box Office at 570-251-9831.
Performances are recommended for a general audience. As an advisory to
adults who might bring children, this production is recommended for ages
10 and up. All guests entering the theatre, regardless of age, must
have a ticket and are encouraged to wear a mask per our COVID-19
guidelines.
2021-2022 Season
GREASE
Date
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2022 at 7:00 PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2022 at 7:00 PM
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2022 at 2:00 PM
Venue
Honesdale High School Performing Arts Center
459 Terrace Street, Honesdale PA 18431
Regular $10, Senior (+62) $9, Student $5, Children (3-5) $5, Red/Black Pass (Complimentary)