GREASE
Musical
Production Dates:
May 25-28, 2023
June 1-4, 2023
SHOW CONTENT ADVISORY:
Mature Audiences/Parental Discretion
This show contains sexual references, teen pregnancy and underage smoking/drinking.
(No actors will smoke real cigarettes or drink alcohol.)
CORPORATE SPONSORS
CHUCK & JOY NORDYKE FAMILY
CLARINDA REGIONAL HEALTH
EDWARD JONES - DUSTIN W. CHRISTIANSEN
LYNN FURNACE
PRODUCTION SPONSORS
BENEFIEL TRUCKING
ERNIE & PAT AUST
INTEGRITY CONSTRUCTION
LYNN FURNACE
It’s 1959, and Rydell High School’s senior class is in rare form. The too-cool-for-school “Burger Palace Boys” are stealing hub-caps and acting tough and their gum-snapping, chain-smoking “Pink Ladies” are looking hot in bobby sox and pedal pushers. The 1950s high school dream is about to explode in this rollicking musical that is both an homage to the idealism of the fifties and a satire of high schoolers’ age-old desire to be rebellious, provocative and rebellious. At the heart of the story is the romance between hot-rodding gangster Danny Zuko and the sweet new girl in town, Sandy Dumbrowski. They had a secret romance in summer, but now back in the context of school, peer-pressure and cliques make their love a bit more complicated. Can Danny maintain his cool dude status and still make demure Sandy his girl? The whole gang sings and dances around Danny and Sandy’s romance, through such hit songs as "Greased Lightnin'", "We Go Together”, and “Mooning”, recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation.
PERFORMANCE SPONSORS
Bank Iowa
Corning Rental
Doug Meyer Chevrolet
Eyecare Associates
First National Bank
Hansen Jewelers
Jones Law Office & Chef Paul Presents
KCSI Radio
KMA
LBB & Co.
Lu & Al's Nishna Valley Cafe
Miller Building Supply
Napa Auto Parts
Nebel Construction & Auction Co.
Nishna Valley Funeral Home
Orton Realty
Stan Orton
Pizza Hut
ROCSTOP
Sapp Bros Inc.
Shenandoah Medical Center
Shenandoah Sanitation
Uplift Family Dentisty
DIRECTOR: Shawn Munsinger
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Julie Murren
MUSIC DIRECTOR: Reva Benefiel
STAGE MANAGER: Sue Rodgers
CHOREOGRAPHER: Sherry Kunde
LIGHTS/SOUND: Pete Francis
BAND:
Piano Reva Benefiel
Drums Eric Whipple
Guitar
Bass John Murren
Saxophone Carter Phipps
Saxophone Julie Murren
CAST LIST