Grease

Casting

DANNY — The leader of the “Burger palace Boys.” Well-built, nice-looking, with an air of cool easygoing charm. Strong and confident.
SANDY — Danny’s love interest. Sweet, wholesome, naïve, cute, 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. Thin, Italian, with unconventional good looks.
FRENCHY — A dreamer. Good-natured and dumb. Heavily made-up, fussy about her appearance—particularly her hair. She can’t wait to finish high school so she can be a beautician.
MARTY — The “beauty” of the Pink Ladies. Pretty, looks older than the other girls, but betrays her real age when she opens her mouth. Tries to act sophisticated.
JAN — Chubby, 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, tattooed, 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. He also plays the guitar.
ROGER — The “anything-for-a-laugh” stocky type. Full of mischief, half-baked schemes and ideas. A clown who enjoys putting other people on.
SONNY — Italian-looking, with shiny black hair and dark oily skin. A braggart and wheeler-dealer who thinks he’s a real lady-killer.

PATTY — A typical cheerleader at a middle-class American public high school. Attractive and athletic. Aggressive, sure of herself, given to bursts of disconcerting enthusiasm. Catty, but in an All-American Girl sort of way. She can also twirl a baton.
CHA-CHA — A Blind date. Slovenly, loud-mouthed and homely. Takes pride in being “the best dancer at St. Bernadette’s.”
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 good-looking falsetto-voiced, Fabian-look-alike. A singer who would have caused girls to scream and riot back in 1958.
MISS LYNCH — An old maid English teacher.

Opportunities for flexible casting in the ensemble.

Setting

Place
Rydell High School

Time
1958-59

Orchestral Information

7 Musicians

Piano/Conductor
Reeds I & II (both are Tenor Saxophone)
Guitars I & II (Electric)
Bass (Electric)
Drums (Drum Set)