INCLUSIVE CASTING NOTE: Actors of all genders, identities, ages, races, body types, physical abilities, and ethnicities are encouraged to audition. Individuals of any gender may be cast for any roles, but actors must be willing to play the gender associated with the character.
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AUDITIONS: GREASESHOW RUN: August 7-22, 2026
CREATIVE TEAM Director - Erik Catalan Music Director - Missy Day Choreographer - Naomi Catalan Stage Manager - Melissa Dahlberg AUDITIONS: Sunday, May 17 and Monday, May 18, 7-10 p.m. Group dance audition for all participants: 7:00–8:00 p.m Individual auditions (by scheduled time slots): 8:00–10:00 p.m. If you are unable to make the auditions please contact Melissa Dahlberg at [email protected] CALLBACKS: Thursday, May 21, 7-10 p.m. AUDITION/CALLBACK LOCATION: WOH Theatre and Dance Annex, 520 Court Street. |
WHAT TO BRING / HOW TO PREPARE
- Sign up for an audition slot here.
- Fill out the online audition form.
- Please include any conflicts you have for the rehearsal period (June 14 - July 30). No conflicts permitted during tech week or show run (August 1 - 22). SEE IMPORTANT DATES BELOW for detailed schedule information. While we do our best to accommodate, please be aware that conflicts may affect casting.
- Bring a headshot with a resume (if you have one).
- Bring sheet music for 16-32 bars of a contemporary Broadway song that best shows off your voice and acting ability.
- Dress to move and arrive stretched/warmed up. You will be asked to learn and perform a short piece of choreography to demonstrate your dance/movement ability. Only dance shoes, bare feet, or socks are allowed in the studio.
IMPORTANT DATES
- Rehearsals: Begin Sunday, June 14. Rehearsals will generally be Sunday-Thursday 7:00-10:00 p.m.
- You may not be called to all rehearsals, but please plan to keep all dates open.
- Cast Orientation: Monday, June 1, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
- Tech week: Sunday, August 2 through Thursday, August 6, 2026
- Performances: August 7-22, 2026
- 1st Weekend: Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
- 2nd Weekend: Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
- 3rd Weekend: Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
- Strike: Sunday, August 23
ABOUT THE SHOW
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. Head “greaser” Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to revive 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 “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.
CONTENT WARNING: Contains adult themes including sexual references and innuendo, mild language, and several instances of drinking and smoking.
CONTENT WARNING: Contains adult themes including sexual references and innuendo, mild language, and several instances of drinking and smoking.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
DANNY: The leader of the "Burger Palace Boys." Has an air of cool easy-going charm, Strong and confident.
SANDY: Danny's love interest. Sweet, wholesome, naive, like Sandra Dee of the "Gidget" movies.
THE "PINK LADIES" (The club-jacketed, gum-chewing, hip-swinging girls' gang that hangs around with the "Burger Palace Boys")
THE "BURGER PALACE Boys" (A super-cool, D.A.-haired, hard-looking group of high school wheeler-dealers... or so they think)
OTHER ROLES
SANDY: Danny's love interest. Sweet, wholesome, naive, like Sandra Dee of the "Gidget" movies.
THE "PINK LADIES" (The club-jacketed, gum-chewing, hip-swinging girls' gang that hangs around with the "Burger Palace Boys")
- RIZZO: Leader of the Pink Ladies. She is tough, sarcastic and outspoken but vulnerable.
- FRENCHY: A dreamer. Good-natured and dumb. Heavily made-up, fussy about her appearance. She can't wait to finish high school so she can be a beautician.
- MARTY: The "beauty" of the Pink Ladies. Looks older than the other girls, but betrays her real age when she opens her mouth. Tries to act sophisticated.
- JAN: Compulsive eater. Loud and pushy with the girls, but shy with boys.
THE "BURGER PALACE Boys" (A super-cool, D.A.-haired, hard-looking group of high school wheeler-dealers... or so they think)
- KENICKIE: Second-in-command of the Burger Palace Boys. Tough-looking, surly, avoids any show of softness. Has an off-beat sense of humor.
- DOODY: Youngest of the guys. Small, boyish, open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude toward the other guys.
- ROGER: The "anything-for-a-laugh" type. Full of mischief, half-baked schemes, and ideas. A clown who enjoys putting other people on.
- SONNY: A braggart and wheeler-dealer who thinks he's a real lady-killer.
OTHER ROLES
- PATTY: A typical cheerleader at a middle-class American public high school. Aggressive, sure of herself, given to bursts of disconcerting enthusiasm. Catty, in an All-American Girl sort of way. She can also twirl a baton.
- CHA-CHA: A blind date. Takes pride in being "the best dancer at St. Bernadettes."
- EUGENE: The class valedictorian. Physically awkward, with weak eyes and a high-pitched voice. An apple-polisher, smug and pompous but gullible.
- VINCE FONTAINE: A typical "teen audience" radio disc jockey. Slick, egotistical, fast-talking. A veteran "greaser."
- JOHNNY CASINO: A "greaser" student at Rydell who leads a rock ‘n' roll band and likes to think of himself as a real rock ‘n’ roll idol.
- TEEN ANGEL: A singer who would have caused girls to scream and riot back in 1958.
- MISS LYNCH: An “old maid” English Teacher.
ACCESSIBILITY NOTE: We welcome actors of all abilities to audition in our space, and therefore we can work around reasonable accommodations and physical limitations. Please list any such needed accommodations, as well as any specific concerns related to physical ability, on your audition form.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a non-AEA production, roles are unpaid, and no housing provided.
