Sunday, January 10, 2016

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!

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