ELLISVILLE – The first musical theater production held in Jones College’s newly remodeled M.P. Bush Auditorium will be the iconic Broadway hit and movie, “Grease” on Friday, April 5-6 at 7 p.m., with a Sunday, April 7, matinee at 2 p.m. The production features Kameron Carter of Columbia as “Frenchy” and Aliyah Watts of Sandy Hook as “Marty.”
Twenty-seven Jones College students will be dancing and singing Broadway’s most memorable songs of the 1950s. Also, the chart-topping songs from the hit 1978 movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, including, “Summer Nights,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” and “Greased Lightnin’" will also bring the audience back to this popular time period.
Kameron Carter as “Frenchy” and Aliyah Watts as “Marty” are pictured as the fourth and second students from the right, respectively.
“Some of the language has been modified, so it’s not a rough musical, but these characters are inner city Chicago kids that grew up in the 1950s. Their take on life was a little bit tougher than the average high school student,” said Bruce Smith, Dean of the College of Art, Music and Performing Arts.
Tickets for general admission are $15, and $10 for Jones College employees and students, if using the emailed code in February. For the first time, all tickets are now available for purchase only through a new, ticketing service on the website, https://www.jcjc.edu/grease/.
“Having this ticketing service is a game changer for us as far as being able to do bigger shows and events here on campus. It is opening the door for us as a venue for concerts and other things,” said Smith. “The online ticketing service also allows guests to choose their seats way in advance, which are also reserved, just like other ticketing services for concerts and movies.”
Purchasing tickets now, before the show sells out, is encouraged with a maximum of 1,100 seats available for each performance. Ads in the JC Playbill program are also available for businesses to purchase through the College of Arts, Music and Performance. Check the Jones College Arts, Music, and Performance website and social media pages for details prior to the performance. For more information about the Jones College Arts, Music and Performance
department, call 601-477-4203.
