AYAA Dream Casting: Valley Youth "Cast" Grease!

Hello, everyone!

Welcome to the first installment in our new series on dream casting. As I mentioned in the New Year's Letter, this idea came to me based on a trend that went through our theatre community last year. On Facebook, people would tag each other with the name of a musical/play and that person would dream cast that show and then tag another person.

On AYAA, how I am running this is two ways:

• Self-submitted: If you have a dream cast for a show, send it to me at mackenna.azyoungactors@gmail.com or via Facebook. MUST BE WITH VALLEY ACTORS, NOT BROADWAY HUMANS.
• Facilitated by me: I will be reaching out to 4-5 actors/actresses periodically. (I will also be participating from time to time) I will give each of them the same show and see the diverse ways they cast the show. I will only be able to ask you if you are friends with me on my personal Facebook. Same thing, it will be with Valley actors, not people on Broadway.

Today, I present to you one of the "Facilitated by me" types of dream casting. I reached out to four different young actors in the Valley -- Nicholas Hambruch, Jessica Sinodis, Jessie Jo Pauley, Sarah Davidson -- and asked them to dream cast Grease. Their responses and mine are below.

**Although this is being posted on a Sunday, these will generally be posted on Fridays. The last part of the jobs in the theatre series will be posted Wednesday**

Nicholas Hambruch

Danny:Nathan Sheppard

Sandy: Noelle Soucek, or Jessie Jo Pauley with a blonde wig haha

Kenickie: Connor Baker 

Jan: Jasmine Yousefi

Sonny: Austin McMains

Marty: Liz Grannis

Rizzo: Rhea Jewel

Roger: Patrick McMullen

Frenchy: Kayla McLemore

Doody: Bransen Gates

Patty: Alyssa Gonzalez

Eugene: Justin Jordan

Ms. Lynch: Emilie Doering

Teen Angel: Boston Scott

Vince Fontaine: Jack Rose 

Cha-Cha: Natalie Noriega

Johnny Casino: Spencer Claus

Jessica Sinodis

Danny: Kale Burr

Sandy: Lydia McCloskey

Kenickie: Mason Reeves 

Rizzo: Sarah Pansing 

Jan: Macy Wood 

Frenchie: Jessie Jo Pauley 

Doody: Dale Mortenson 

Sonny: Michael Shultz 

Rodger: Sam Primack 

Marty: Nicole Knox 

Patty: Lilly Castle 

Eugene: Jonah Carlson 

Teen Angel: Spencer Claus 

Vince Fontaine: Vincent Pugliese 

Ms. Lynch: India Chudnow 

Cha-Cha: Payton Bioletto 

Johnny Casino: Anson Romney

Jessie Jo Pauley
Danny- Curtis Lunt or Kale Burr
Sandy- Zoe Zamora (she'd be so cute)
Kenickie- David Samson
Doody- Mason Reeves
Sonny- Joey J Grado
Roger- Allen DeWitt
Rizzo- Sarah Moss
Frenchy- Brittany Howk
Marty- Jessica Sinodis
Jan- Mackenna Goodrich
Miss Lynch- Matt Harris (because he's incredibly talented and he would be HILARIOUS)
Eugene- Ben Massouras
Patty Simcox- Savannah Powers
Vince Fontaine- Danny Blankemeier
Johnny Casino- Bjorn Eriksson
Cha-Cha DiGregio- Carly Copp

Teen Angel- Nick Hambruch

Mackenna Goodrich 

Danny - Kale Burr

Sandy - Jessie Jo Pauley

Kenickie - Sam Ellefson

Doody - Sam Primack

Sonny - Carter Palumbo

Roger - Joey J Grado

Rizzo - Jackie Brecker

Frenchy - Gabi Giusti

Marty - Sophia Baviashi

Jan - Jessica Sinodis

Miss Lynch - India Chudnow

Eugene - Reed Daniel

Patty Simcox - Lauren Anderson b/c she was so cute and perfect in Studio 3's

Vince Fontaine - Grey Smith

Johnny Casino - Dale Mortensen

Cha-Cha DiGregio - Rebecca Galcik

Teen Angel - I'm with Jessie on this one! Nick Hambruch

Sarah Davidson

Danny- Curtis Lunt

Sandy- Heidi Johnson

Kenickie- Brett Dixon

Doody- Michael Thompson

Sonny- Dale Mortenson

Roger- Vinny Pugliese

Rizzo- Brittany Howk

Frenchy- Jessica Sinodis

Marty- Jessie Jo Pauley

Jan- Brandy Reed

Miss Lynch- Carrie Klofach

Eugene- Joey J Grado

Patty Simcox- Adyson Nichols

Vince Fontaine- Stephen Serna

Johnny Casino- Cory McCloskey 

Cha-Cha DiGregio- Zoe Zamora

Teen Angel- Kale Burr

Thank you to everyone who completed a cast for me this week. I will be asking more people to do these, probably around once a week(?). If you have a self-submitted one, just shoot it to me in a Facebook message or via e-mail at mackenna.azyoungactors@gmail,com.

Thank you!