Cast members of ‘BEAR GREASE LIVE’ coming to the Santa Fe Playhouse Aug. 16-20 on the mainstage at 142 East De Vargas St. in Santa Fe. Courtesy/Santa Fe Playhouse
Santa Fe Playhouse News:
SANTA FE — Santa Fe Playhouse presents ‘BEAR GREASE LIVE’, A Treaty 6 Indigenous twist on the classic musical Grease by hip-hop duo LightningCloud. BEAR GREASE LIVE will play eight performances between Aug. 16-20 on the mainstage (142 East De Vargas St. in Santa Fe.
BEAR GREASE LIVE performs:
- 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16;
- 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 17;
- 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18;
- 1 p.m., 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19;
- 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20.
Featuring an all-Indigenous cast, this hilarious twist on the 1978 classic, Grease reimagines the beloved musical as culturally relevant with Indigenous humor and pride. BEAR GREASE is the brainchild of Crystle Lightning (Cree) and MC RedCloud (Huichol), a husband-and-wife hip-hop duo who go by the name LightningCloud.
With Crystle Lightning as Sandy, Henry Andrade as Danny, Teneil Whiskeyjack as Marty, Tammy Rae as Rezzo, Rodney McLeod as Canuckie, Nipíy Iskwew as Jan, Bryce Morin as Roger, Melody McArthur as Frenchie, Artson as Arty McFly, and Robert Mesa as Sonny Boy. The showrunner is Omar “Panda” Ornelas. Understudying the role of Frenchie is Ayla Coltman, and the role of Sonny Boy is Joel Oulette.
Tickets range from $30 – $75 and can be purchased by calling 505.988.4262, visiting santafeplayhouse.org, or in person one hour before showtime.
Running Time: One hour and 15 minutes.
Santa Fe Playhouse (SFP) is a community-based professional theater in historic downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico, supported by an experienced staff and overseen by a local Board of Trustees. Producing out of a 99-seat historic Adobe theater, SFP presents multiple mainstage productions every year, the annual Fiesta Melodrama, new work development, and Playhouse Studio, an educational program. SFP welcomes over 8,000 patrons into the theater from northern New Mexico, the greater US, and worldwide with a mission of connecting artists and audiences to engage in dialogue to examine, uplift, challenge, and heal.