MNM Theatre Company Announces Cast Of GREASE At The Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse

Marcie Gorman, Executive Producer & Artistic Director for MNM Theatre Company, today announced the cast of its fourth and final production in 2018, the rock n' roll musical GREASE, the most popular movie musical in history. Co-presented by MNM and the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, the show with a 15-person cast and backed by a live six-piece band, will run November 16 through December 2 in the Kravis Center's Rinker Playhouse.

GREASE is being directed by Bruce Linser, with musical direction by Paul Reekie. The talented twosome were paired on previous MNM hits including Side by Side by Sondheim, The World Goes 'Round, Company, Little Shop of Horrors and Avenue Q. Emily Tarallo will choreograph the show and also appear as Cha-Cha.

Backed by a live six-piece band, the 15-star cast of GREASE includes Caiti Marlowe as Sandy, Jonah Robinson as Danny, Laura Plyler as Rizzo, Domenic Servidio as Kenickie, and Jim Ballard* as Vince Fontaine/Teen Angel.

Also appearing in the show are Cara Harpest, Evan Alexander Jones, Cameron Jordan, Janna Morrison, Meredith Pughe, Ashley Rubin, Casey Sacco, Israel Viñas, and Trevor Wayne.

With book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, GREASE is set in Rydell High School in 1959 with its hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers. This rollicking show features such pop hits as Summer Loving, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Greased Lightnin', You're the One That I Want, Hand Jive and Beauty School Dropout, recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation.

GREASE first opened on Broadway in 1972, received seven Tony Award nominations, including one for Best Musical, and went on to play nearly 3,400 performances before closing, a record at the time. The film version starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John was released in 1978 and a live-TV version was broadcast in 2016.

Jim Ballard is appearing through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Tickets for GREASE start at $39 and are available for purchase online through the Kravis Center's official website at kravis.org; by phone at 561.832.7469; or at the Kravis Center Box Office, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach.

Now a not-for-profit 501(c)(3), MNM Theatre Company is presenting two more shows in 2018 following Avenue Q and I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, including My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra (September 28 to October 14); and Grease (November 16 to December 2). Donations to support this valuable new nonprofit organization can be sent to: MNM Theatre Company, 318 S. Lake Drive, Lantana, FL 33462. For more information, please visit www.MNMTheatre.org.

The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is a not-for-profit performing arts center whose mission is to enhance the quality of life in Palm Beach County by presenting a diverse schedule of national and International Artists and companies of the highest quality; by offering comprehensive arts education programs; by providing a Palm Beach County home in which local and regional arts organizations can showcase their work; and by providing an economic catalyst and community leadership in West Palm Beach, supporting efforts to increase travel and tourism to Palm Beach County. The Kravis Center is located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach, FL. For more information, please call 561-832-7469 or visit the official website at kravis.org.