Middleburg Academy Presents-GREASE the Musical
Grease: School Version Plot Summary
Act I
In 1959, Rydell High School's rebellious, happy, thrill-loving students start a new year. There is a new girl at school, Sandy Dumbrowski. She and the leader of the T-Birds, Danny Zuko, had a brief romance during the summer, but the summer ended for them with unresolved feelings of love. In describing the fling to the Pink Ladies, Sandy focuses on the emotional attachment that she and Danny had, while Danny lies to the boys about the physical aspects of their relationship. Sandy and Danny soon bump into each other at school, and while Sandy is happy to see Danny, he brushes her off, pretending to be too cool. Meanwhile, the teenagers gather in the hall as Doody, the youngest T-Bird, shows off his new guitar. The rock star wannabe gives an impromptu concert in the hall. At Marty's pajama party, she tells about her long-distance courtship with a marine. Meanwhile, the T-Birds are busy stealing hubcaps and teasing Kenickie about his new car "Greased Lightning". Danny sees Sandy again and tries to apologize for his behavior. The kids take their radios for a rock and roll picnic in the park and plan how they will pair off at the upcoming school prom, while Roger shares his love for Jan and his favorite hobby mooning. Rizzo teases Danny for falling for a girl who resembles the excessively proper teenage ingénue, Sandra Dee. Sandy realizes that Danny is putting her off to be cool and wishes she had never met him. The T-Birds and Pink Ladies declare that they will "always be together" and they will always be friends.
Act II
At the High School Hop, everyone is dancing, except Sandy she is home feeling sorry for herself. Meanwhile the favorite radio disc jockey, Vince Fontaine, is the MC at the dance, which takes place in the gymnasium. He is warming the kids up for the hand-jive dance contest. Sandy hears the news that Danny and Cha-Cha won the contest. She feels betrayed but she cannot stop thinking about Danny. A few days later at the T-Birds run into Frenchy, who flunked out of Rydell and has now dropped out of beauty school since she failed all of her classes. Danny, who has taken up track in order to win back Sandy's affections, is concerned about patching things up with Sandy at the Drive In, but he moves too fast for her, and she leaves. The next time Sandy meets up with the T-Birds and the Pink Ladies, she has transformed herself into a greaser's dream date. All ends happily!