GREASE is presented with special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

GREASE

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Waren Casey

"You're the One That I Want" is written by John Farrar and is used with permission from Unichappell Music Inc.

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JIM JACOBS (Book, Music and Lyrics). Jacobs, who created Grease (in 1970) with Warren Casey, was born and raised on the mean
streets of Chicago’s far northwest side. During the golden era of rock ‘n’ roll (1956-1960) he was a guitar-playing “greaser” student at
Taft High School. In 1963, Jacobs met Warren Casey when they were both cast in a local theatre production of A Shot in the Dark.
Seven years later they wrote what was to become one of the greatest musicals of all time. Grease opened in 1971 in a former trolley
barn called the Kingston Mines Theatre in Chicago. A year later, Grease made it to Broadway and “Greasemania” took off, resulting
in one of the longest running shows in Broadway history. The 1978 movie became and remains the highest grossing movie musical of
all time. Originally an actor, Jacobs has been seen on television, in motion pictures, regional theatre, national tours, and on
Broadway. He is the co-author of several other plays and musicals including Island of Lost Coeds, a musical spoof of the low budget
sci-fi/horror/jungle movies of the 1950s, which he wrote with Warren Casey. In May 2014, Mr. Jacobs was presented with an
honorary doctorate degree from Columbia College in Chicago. He currently resides in Southern California and remains active in the
theatre, especially with the American Theatre Company of Chicago.

WARREN CASEY (Author, Composer and Lyricist) was born in Yonkers, New York, and attended Syracuse University. During the
late ‘50s, he learned all about “greasers” while working as an art teacher in upstate New York. He moved to Chicago in 1962, where
he hoped to pursue an acting career. He appeared in dozens of productions, including creating the role of Bernie Litko in David
Mamet’s Sexual Perversity in Chicago. He supported himself with jobs in retail, including working as an assistant
manager of a chain of apparel stores, and as a record salesman. In the meantime, he taught himself how to play the guitar and began
writing songs. Mr. Casey acted with the Chicago Stage Guild (where he met Jim Jacobs), the Old Town Players, and the Kinston
Mines Theatre. The latter company staged the original production of GREASE which he wrote with Jim Jacobs. After the incredible
success of both the musical and the movie, the two collaborated on Island of Lost Coeds, a musical satire of the B-movies of the 1950s.