Grease - March 13 - March 15, 2020

Yorktown High School
Yorktown High School
Dr. Ralph Napolitano Auditorium
 
PRESENTS
 
GREASE

 

 

Book, Music, and Lyrics by

Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey

 

 

with

 

Giovanna Phipps

Liam Rothberg

Madison Battinelli

Ethan Rivera

Daniel Graf

Faith Pyle

Aidan Murphy

Brianna Ferra

Samantha Miley

Malachy Reynolds

Alice Tinari

Benjamin Brown

 

 

Sets & Lights

Kevin Gleason

 

Theater Manager

Daniel Moore

Producer

Andrea Stock

 

Music Director & Conductor

Connor Martin

Costumes

DB Productions

 

Orchestra Preparation

Nancy Torrente

 

Choreographed by

Justin Wingenroth

 

Directed by

Andrea Stock

 

"Grease" is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.,

a Concord Theatricals Company

 

 

JIM JACOBS (Book, Music and Lyrics). Jacobs, who created Grease (in 1970) with Warren Casey, was born and raised on the mean streets of Chicago’s far northwest side. During the golden era of rock ‘n’ roll (1956-1960) he was a guitar-playing “greaser” student at Taft High School. In 1963, Jacobs met Warren Casey when they were both cast in a local theatre production of A Shot in the Dark. Seven years later they wrote what was to become one of the greatest musicals of all time. Grease opened in 1971 in a former trolley barn called the Kingston Mines Theatre in Chicago. A year later, Grease made it to Broadway and “Greasemania” took off, resulting in one of the longest running shows in Broadway history. The 1978 movie became and remains the highest grossing movie musical of all time. Originally an actor, Jacobs has been seen on television, in motion pictures, regional theatre, national tours, and on Broadway. He is the co-author of several other plays and musicals including Island of Lost Coeds, a musical spoof of the low budget sci-fi/horror/jungle movies of the 1950s, which he wrote with Warren Casey. In May 2014, Mr. Jacobs was presented with an honorary doctorate degree from Columbia College in Chicago. He currently resides in Southern California and remains active in the theatre, especially with the American Theatre Company of Chicago.

 

WARREN CASEY (Author, Composer and Lyricist) was born in Yonkers, New York, and attended Syracuse University. During the late ‘50s, he learned all about “greasers” while working as an art teacher in upstate New York. He moved to Chicago in 1962, where he hoped to pursue an acting career. He appeared in dozens of productions, including creating the role of Bernie Litko in David Mamet’s Sexual Perversity in Chicago. He supported himself with jobs in retail, including working as an assistant manager of a chain of apparel stores, and as a record salesman. In the meantime, he taught himself how to play the guitar and began writing songs. Mr. Casey acted with the Chicago Stage Guild (where he met Jim Jacobs), the Old Town Players, and the Kinston Mines Theatre. The latter company staged the original production of GREASE which he wrote with Jim Jacobs. After the incredible success of both the musical and the movie, the two collaborated on Island of Lost Coeds, a musical satire of the B-movies of the 1950s. Mr. Casey died in 1988.