Hamilton Theatre Inc. is holding auditions for Grease!HTI’s production of Grease is a Non-Equity, volunteer production. We are seeking performers ages 18+ for all roles.
A few technical notes to help you with your decision-making process:
-Grease runs from Friday, May 8, to Saturday, May 23, 2026.
-Tech Week is scheduled from Sunday, May 3, to Thursday, May 7, 2026.
-The first rehearsal will be on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 1:00 pm.
-Rehearsals will be held three times a week, two weeknights and a weekend afternoon.
AUDITION DATES
(Each audition will be approximately 10-15 minutes in length.)
Monday, January 19, 2026: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Wednesday, January 21, 2026: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Friday, January 23, 2026: 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
DANCE CALL
Saturday, January 24, 2026: 10:00 am - 11:30 am
CALLBACKS
Saturday, January 24, 2026: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
To book an audition, visit http://www.hamiltontheatre.com/auditions.
Walk-ins are welcome but will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. We kindly request that all audition participants wear a mask upon arrival at the theatre and while waiting for their audition slot.
AUDITION LOCATION
Hamilton Theatre Inc. Studio
140 MacNab St. N.
Hamilton, Ontario
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
Please prepare one slow song and one up-tempo. One song should be from the general time period of the show (1950s).
Please do not prepare any songs from Grease.
There will be no accompanist. We encourage you to bring a karaoke or backing track that can be shared via Bluetooth. Alternatively, you may sing a cappella.
AVAILABLE ROLES
DANNY
Male-Presenting | Presents as 16-25
The leader of the Burger Palace Boys. Nice-looking, with an air of cool easy-going charm. Strong and confident.
SANDY
Female-Presenting | Presents as 16-25
Danny’s love interest. Sweet, wholesome, naive, cute, like Sandra Dee of the “Gidget” movies.
RIZZO
Female-Presenting | Presents as 16-25
Leader of the Pink Ladies. She is tough, sarcastic and outspoken but vulnerable. Unconventional good looks.
FRENCHY
Female-Presenting | Presents as 16-25
A dreamer. Good-natured and dumb. Heavily made-up, fussy about her appearance - particularly her hair. She can’t wait to finish high school so she can be a beautician.
MARTY
Female-Presenting | Presents as 16-25
The “beauty” of the Pink Ladies. Pretty, looks older than the other girls, but betrays her real age when she opens her mouth. Tries to act sophisticated.
JAN
Female-Presenting | Presents as 16-25
Compulsive and obnoxious. Loud and pushy with the girls, but shy with boys.
KENICKIE
Male-Presenting | Presents as 16-25
Second-in-command of the Burger Palace Boys. Tough-looking, tattooed, surly, avoids any show of softness. Has an off-beat sense of humour.
DOODY
Male-Presenting | Presents as 16-25 | Guitar skills an asset
Youngest of the guys. Boyish, open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude toward the other guys. He also plays the guitar.
ROGER
Male-Presenting | Presents as 16-25
The “anything-for-a-laugh” type. Full of mischief, half-baked schemes and ideas. A clown who enjoys putting other people on.
SONNY
Male-Presenting | Presents as 16-25
A braggart and wheeler-dealer who thinks he’s a real lady-killer.
PATTY
Female-Presenting | Presents as 16-25 | Strong movement an asset
A typical cheerleader at a middle-class American public high school. Attractive and athletic. Aggressive, sure of herself, given to bursts of disconcerting enthusiasm. Catty, but in an All-American Girl sort of way. She can also twirl a baton.
CHA-CHA
Female-Presenting | Presents as 16-25 | Strong dancer
A blind date. Slovenly and loud-mouthed. Takes pride in being “the best dancer at St. Bernadette’s”.
EUGENE
Male-Presenting | Presents as 16-25
The class valedictorian. Physically awkward, with weak eyes and a high-pitched voice. An apple-polisher, smug and pompous but gullible.
VINCE FONTAINE
Male-Presenting | Presents as 30s-40s
A typical “teen audience” radio disc jockey. Slick, egotistical, fast-talking. A veteran “greaser”.
JOHNNY CASINO
Male-Presenting | Presents as 16-25
A “greaser” student at Rydell who leads a rock ‘n’ roll band and likes to think of himself as a real rock ‘n’ roll idol.
TEEN ANGEL
Open Gender Presentation | Presents as 20s-30s
A good-looking falsetto-voiced, Fabian look-alike. A singer who would have caused girls to scream and riot back in 1958.
MISS LYNCH
Female-Presenting / Presents as 40s-60s
An old maid English teacher.
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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” and “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.
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
“Grease” is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., a Concord Theatricals Company. www.concordtheatricals.com
SHOW DATES: May 9-23, 2026
RATING: ALL AGES
PERFORMANCES
Friday, May 8, at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 9, at 7:30 pm
Friday, May 15, at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 16, at 2:00 pm
Sunday, May 17, at 2:00 pm
Thursday, May 21, at 7:30 pm
Friday, May 22, at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 23, at 7:30 pm
Performances will be held at HTI’s Studio Theatre, 140 MacNab St. N., Hamilton.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director – Jenn Helsdon
Producer – Magdalen Zatterberg
Music Director – Kelly Knight
Stage Manager – Anastasiya Popova
Choreographer - Katlyn Alcock
Lighting Designer - Max Herman
Scenic and Props Designer - Terry Middleton
Costume Designer – The Muses
Apprentice Stage Manager: Naia Lee
Event Venue
140 MacNab St. N., Hamilton, ON, Canada, Ontario L8R 2M3
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