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Productions and Audition Information

All Fall and Spring 2024–25 theatre performances will be in-person. Production information is listed below.

Montgomery College's College Performing Arts Series productions often contain adult language and situations. Some productions include discussions of sexuality, sexual abuse, and/or cultural and personal violence.

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Students interested in supporting the productions as performers or management may email Professor Alby; and as management, technicians, or crew email Professor Hengen for more information.

Theatre Season 2024-25

NOTICE: Auditions for the Spring semester 2025 show will be in December.

Vocal sides for the audition can also be found in the Theatre main office.

Grease

Book, Music and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Directed by Ian Anthony Coleman
Music Direction by Dr. Jay Crowder
Choreography by Melrose Pyne

Auditions

Wednesday, December 11, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Theatre Arts 107
Thursday, December 12, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Theatre Arts 107
Callbacks: Friday, 12noon to 4 p.m., PE217 (Upper Dance Studio)
To receive an audition time, please fill out the audition form and send an email to Stage Manager, Josh Diewald and Professor Hengen stating that you have submitted the audition form.

Performances

Wednesday, February 26 to Saturday, March 1, 7:30 p.m.
and Sunday, March 2, 2 p.m.
Parilla Performing Arts Center, Rockville campus (map)

Grease is presented by arrangement with Samuel French, Ltd, a Concord Theatricals company.

“Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as "Greased Lightnin'," "It's Raining on Prom Night," "Alone at the Drive-In Movie" recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation. An eight-year run on Broadway and two subsequent revivals, along with innumerable school and community productions place Grease among the world's most popular musicals.”
~ Concord Theatricalsnew window

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Alumni

Join our network of talented alumni who currently work professionally in theatres across the DC Area and nationally.

Awa Sal Secka (AA Performing Arts, Montgomery College)

Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical for Signature Theatre's Ragtime
Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical Adaptation for co-writing The Joy That Carries You at Olney Theatre Center
Selected credits: NY/Berkeley Rep: Goddess 2021/2023 Workshop (Zawadi), Grace Workshop (Jackie). Regional: PAPER MILL; SIGNATURE: Ragtime (Sarah), Gun and Powder (Flo), Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon), Broadway in the Park, Signature Vinyl. FORD’S: Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife), The Wiz (Glinda/Dorothy u/s), Christmas Carol (Fred’s Wife). ROUND HOUSE: School Girls (Ama), Caroline, or Change (Dottie). THEATRE J: Intimate Apparel (Mayme), Gloria: A Life (Flo Kennedy). KENNEDY CENTER: Me…Jane (Maisie), Chasing the Wind (Abby).

Helen Garcia-Alton (AA Technical Theatre, Montgomery College), CNN Staff Lighting Director

Helen Hayes nomination for lighting design: How the Light Gets in (1st Stage)
M.F.A. Lighting Design University of Tennessee Knoxville
B.S. Theatre Design and Production Towson University

Lillie Kahkonen-Timlin, Lighting Designer

M.F.A. Theatrical Lighting Design, University of Florida; B.S. Technical Theatre, Towson
A Raisin in the Sun Atlas Performing Arts Center (VOCA);Bel Cantanti Opera Company; Digital Lightning

Shaquille Stewart (AA Performing Arts, Montgomery College), Executive Director, Silver Springs Stage

Audra Jacobs (AA Performing Arts, Montgomery College), Connectivity Director, 1st Stage Theatre

B.S. Theatre-Acting and Directing Bowie State University

Dan Mori (AA Theatre Performance Montgomery College), Theatrical Technical Director, for City of North Glenn, Denver Colorado

Rooster Skylar Sultan (AA in Technical Theatre), DC Based Freelance Props designer and Teaching Artist at Adventure Theatre

Selected Credits: Woolly Mammoth Theatre; MC Summer Dinner Theatre; Rorschak Theatre; Theatre Prometheus; and many others

David Singleton (AA Theatre Performance, Montgomery College), MD based performer, choreographer, and Drag Superstar

TOBYS: A Chorus Line (Bobby); The Spongebob Musical (Choreographer) Helen Hayes Nomination Best Choreography) Kinky Boots (Angel/Co Choreographer), Dreamgirls, Young Frankenstein (Ziggy), Newsies, The Bodyguard. OLNEY THEATRE CENTER: Kinky Boots (Angel), Beauty, and the Beast, Elf. Artscentric: RENT (Angel), Sister Act (TJ), Snapshots.

Jonathan Hsu, Dancer/Choreographer

B.A. in Dance and B.S. in Kinesiology
Company member of Orange Grove Dance. Danced with: Rennie Harris Puremovement, PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER, Project Charma, Treehouse, Culture Shock DC, and VF Dance Theater in the past. International tours: Russia, Cuba, Germany, the Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre, Florida, New York, San Diego, as well as many local venues throughout Maryland, DC, and Virginia.

Meredith Rabil Sibley

B.A. Dance Performance University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dance Teacher and Dance Company Director at Northeast High School
Selected Dance Credits: Deviated Theatre (2009-2012); Deep Vision Dance Company (2013); VF Dance Theater (2013-2015); and Trajectory Dance Project (2016-2020); Kennedy Center; Millennium Stage; Dance Place; American Dance Institute

Tommy Parlon, Associate Professor of Dance at the Community College of Baltimore County.

M.F.A. in Dance (Choreography and Technology) Arizona State University; B.F.A. in Dance and Choreography,Virginia Commonwealth University.
Selected Credits: J. Fregalette Janson Dance (NY); Centaur Dance Theatre (NY); Beyondance Inc! (NY); FIASCO (Paris). Worked with: Doug Varone, Stephen Petronio, Alvin Mayes, Laura Dean and Elizabeth Streb. Choreography commissions: Incidents Physical Theater (NY); NEW ARTiculations (Arizona); Lansing Chamber Dance (Michigan).

Jose Abraham, Assistant Technical Director Round House Theatre

Brian McDermott, Technical Director at Catholic University

Matt Nielson, Sound Designer North Carolina

Soloman Parker III, Actor

Helen Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performer in a Musical for Signature Theatre's The Color Purple
Kinky Boots at Olney Theatre; Numerous performances at Imagination Stage, Signature Theatre, Toby’s Dinner Theatre, Ford’s Theatre

Gregory Condon, Technical Director, Stephen F. Austin University

Selected credits: Design Foundry, Rorschach Theatre, Flying V Theatre and Royal Caribbean Cruises
M.F.A. UNC Chapel Hill; B.S. Theatre, Towson University

Beau Hamilton, Wardrobe Coordinator at the Houston Ballet

Brianna Capps, Stage Manager for Norwegian Cruise Lines

Andrew Griffin, Lighting Designer/Theatre Consultant for Nextstage Design

M.F.A. in Lighting Design from Yale
NY Credits: Goldstein (Off-Broadway, Actors Temple) The War Boys (Access Theatre); Lucie Pohl: Hi Hitler! (Cherry Lane) Midsummer (TiltYArd). Selected Regional credits: Folger theatre; Yale Rep; Le Petite Theatre du Vieux Carre; Delaware Theatre Company; Woolly Mammoth; Olney Theatre Center; Theatre J; Signature Theatre; Synetic Theatre; American Conservatory Theatre; Old Globe; Seattle Rep.

Marisa “Za” Johns, Paint Shop foreman at Design Foundry

Ian Jordan, Carpenter/Electrician at Design Foundry

Christopher Gaut, Master Carpenter at Imagination Stage

Juan David Ramirez-Cortes, has mixed sound all over the area, including at Wolftrap

Zoe Tomkins, Technical Director at Spooky Action, and Head Carpenter at 1st Stage