Grease Cast

Jaiden Minnella is a junior at Francis Howell North. Shes been In drama since her freshman year and usually does crew.

Matthias Klestinski - Cast Matthias Klestinski has been doing shows since Elementary School, he is a junior and has been in 4 shows at Francis Howell North. He hopes to continue in Musical Theatre after High School.

Adrielle Aruya is a 15 year old performer who attends Francis Howell North. Her Previous shows include: Willy Wonka Jr. (SCC), High School Musical On Stage! (ITC) Elf (ITC) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (SSP) Spongebob The Musical (Stages STL) Grease (ITC) Anastasia (Stages STL) 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (FHN) and her most recent show, Matilda (SSP) She has also won multiple awards at the Junior Theatre Festival, hosted by Musical Theatre International. She would like to thank her friends and family for supporting her through her countless endeavors.

Enter Maxx Pingel, a very helpful and very kind guy in addition to his love for singing he also plays the trumpet, mellophone, and French horn. He likes to spend time with family and friends. He enjoys being in Band, Choir, and Theater. Maxx is very active in his Churches Youth group, (Shoutout to that CT fam) Maxx has good grades and may not be common sense smart but is math smart. He is a good kid and likes meeting new people.

Lily Gard is a senior at Francis Howell North High school, she has been in Your A Good Man Charlie Brown, The Plot Like Gravy Thickens,was in make up crew for Radium Girls, and a cheerleader in High School Musical, Clue and more past shows in middle school. Lily also participates in our choir Knight sound and Bella here at North, and she works at Walgreens. For this play Lily will be playing Frenchy the air headed beauty queen. She owes all her support to her father and siblings and she hopes you enjoy the show!

Dominic Morgan - Roger This is dominic's 4th year doing theater and 1st show here at north. He first started at Hollenbeck Middle School with All Together Now! And has been in every show since. He loves theater, traveling and spending time with family and friends. He would like to thank his mom for always supporting him. And he is very excited for the show this year!

Evie Hoffman is a junior at Francis Howell North. She is playing Marty in this schools production of Grease. This is her first cast role at FHN, but she has been in the last 4 shows as costume crew, and a stage manager. She has also performed in out of school shows, such as Ignites Mean Girls Jr. Evie would like to thank her family for always believing in her, all of her fellow cast and crew that worked so hard to put on this show, and her best friend, who lives in New Jersey and can’t make it to the show.

Connor Mcnulty is a Freshman here at FHN and this is his first year ever doing theater. He is 14, born April 1st, 2010. Connor is single, has 7 siblings, 1 dog, 3 cats. He loves fishing, music, hiking, biking, video games, Etc. That’s all about him.

Josie is a Junior this year. This is her 4th show overall and her 2nd with FHN. She was in Beauty and the Beast in the ensemble in 6th grade, Mrs Potts in 8th, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in the ensemble in 10th grade, and now in Grease as Jan. She is so grateful to her family who encouraged her to try out and the cast, crew, and directors who have made this show possible. Enjoy the show!

Hunt plays Vince Fontaine in grease, this is his first show. He is a senior and has participated in swim 3 years and ended up going to state and getting a school record. He has also been in band all through high school playing the baritone saxophone.

Sky Crets (Cha-Cha/Costume Head)- Sky Crets is a junior at FHN and is so happy to be playing Cha-Cha DiGregorio in Grease! This is Sky’s second year as an FHN Drama student officer, and they got the pleasure of being this years costume head for this classic musical. Sky did dance at DCPAC for 8 years and loves to do outside of school theater as well. They have acted in 8 shows, with some of their favorite roles being: Mr Wormwood (Matilda, Ignite Theater Co), Leaf Coneybear (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, FHN), Aaron Samuels (Mean Girls, Ignite Theater Co), and Bobby Strong (Urinetown, Ignite Theater Co)! Sky hopes you love this show and thanks you for coming!

Reagan is very excited to mark Grease at their 5th show! Reagan is a junior at Francis Howell North and has been pursuing theatre since middle school. You may have seen them as Katherine in Radium Girls at FHN or in outside of school productions like Sweeney Todd, The Sound of Music, and Urinetown. They’d like to give a big thank you to their family for always supporting their dreams and a thank you to their friends for being with them through the process or coming to watch them perform.

**Dr. Brian Santos** (Teen Angel) – Making his dazzling return to the stage, Dr. Brian Santos is no stranger to the spotlight! A seasoned Spanish teacher of 19 years by day, he transforms into a musical theater sensation by night. When he's not conjugating verbs or guiding his students through subjunctive nightmares, he’s chaperoning them to ThesCon. His previous roles in FHN theatre include Fred the bartender in "Anything Goes" and Coach Bolton in "High School Musical." Love to his parents, brothers, fans, and todos sus estudiantes en FHN y FHC.

Samantha Slunaker is a junior this year and this will be the first ever show she will be cast. For the past three shows she’s helped with at North she has loved being on the Makeup Crew. Though she loves makeup, she also really loves singing. Samantha is thankful to her friends and family who forced her to audition, and she hopes you all love the show!

Raine would always like to be called Raine and not Alyson. Raine goes by He/Him, and doesn't care what gender he plays in any role. Raine likes, singing, dancing, Chappell Roan, musicals, drawing, and clothes. Has a twin named Abby that is in stage crew. Hates being called Abby and doesn't like talking to people they don't know. That's all.

This is Elliett's first performance at North and she hopes to make it great! She has been doing plays and musicals since she was in 6th grade but has had a love for them for as long as she can remember and even though she's just a freshman extra she going to put on a show that everyone will remember so watch out for her during the play.

Lorelai Reid sings in the barbershop harmony society with her sister and dad and she has a strong passion for singing and stage performance. She has participated in many stage performances and concerts.

Ashlyn Reid is a triplet who shares a love for singing barbershop-style music with her sister and her dad, and has sung in the recruits chorus with her sister for a little over a year. The first musical she was ever a part of was in elementary school, and has done theatre productions ever since. She'd like to thank her dad for his help with all things musically challenging, and helping to enhance her singing abilities. She'd also like to thank her mom for her help when it comes to presenting herself for an audition, or just for everyday life. And of course, the rest of her amazing family for supporting her every step of the way.

This is Kaylin's first high school production but theater has been one of her biggest passions since elementary school and she has been doing theater for a long as she can remember. Kaylin's interest's include Singing/choir, acting, lacrosse, and horse riding and hanging out with her friends.

This is Kira Pierce's 9th performance and her first ever Highschool show, she is soo excited to be apart of Grease! Her most recent performance was Ella Pador in Camp Rock! This has been an amazing opportunity in which she would love to give a shout out to Mrs. Sulzner, Ms. Oncken and Coach Stacey for make this show possible!

Aubrey Johnston is a freshman here at FHN. In middle school, she participated in two musical productions as an ensemble member, and took choir for all three years. Outside of school, Aubrey enjoys figure skating and has been in multiple figure skating productions and competitions.

Molly is a senior this year. She is involved in band, choir, drama, and educators rising. She is in the chorus this year. In the past she has played Marcy/Chorus in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Kelsi in High School Musical, and Frida in You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown. She would like to thank her family and friends for all showing up for her.

This is Claira’s first show at FHN, and she is very excited to do more at this school. In the past, she was involved in Baba Yaga and the Seussical at Hollenbeck and enjoyed it a lot. Claira loves drawing, writing, and making jewelry. She would like to thank her parents and especially her sister and friends for getting her into theater.

This will be Eve's final musical of her highschool career, as a senior. She has done 5 shows here thus far working in several different parts of crew. She also does work as scenic charge artist at Young People's Theatre and plans to contiue theatre after she graduates. She wants to sincerely thank Kat for being her right hand man and helping her through everything, and thanks you for being here!! Eve and lots of others have worked so hard on this show and hope you enjoy!

Kat Burrows is a senior who will have done 6 shows at FHN. Kat is excited to have the opportunity to be a stage manager, and to still work on costumes like they have ever since they started. Kat is happy to show you all the hard work every cast and crew member has put into this show, and has loved watching every person in this production learn and grow with the new building and new rules. Kat hopes that the first show in the brand new auditorium is fun and beautiful, and would like to thank every one of you for coming and supporting the Masque Players!