DANNY ZUKO — Male, High School Teen. The leader of the Burger Palace Boys; good-looking, strong and confident, with an air of easy-going charm. (Tenor, D4–B5)
SANDY DUMBROWSKI — Female, High School Teen. New girl in town; sweet, wholesome, naive, cute, and innocent. (Soprano, A3–F#5)
THE PINK LADIES — The club-jacketed, gum-chewing, hip-swinging girls’ gang who hang around with the Burger Palace Boys.
BETTY RIZZO — Female, High School Teen. Leader of the Pink Ladies; tough, sarcastic, and outspoken but vulnerable. (Alto A3–C5)
FRENCHY — Female, High School Teen. A dreamer; good-natured but not too smart, she is heavily made up, fussy about her appearance, particularly her hair. She can’t wait to finish high school so she can be a beautician. (Alto, A3–D5)
MARTY — Female, High School Teen. The ‘beauty’ of the Pink Ladies; pretty and looks older than the other girls, but betrays her real age when she opens her mouth. She tries to act sophisticated. (Alto, C4–C5)
JAN — Female, High School Teen. Funny, loud, and awkward member of the Pink Ladies. Loud and pushy with the girls, but shy with boys. (Alto, A3-C5)
THE BURGER PALACE BOYS — A super-cool, DA-haired, hard-looking group of high school wheeler-dealers… or so they think.
DOODY — Male, High School Teen. The youngest of the guys; small, boyish, and open, with a disarming smile and a hero-worshipping attitude towards the other guys. He also plays the guitar. (Tenor, D4-A5)
KENICKIE — Male, High School Teen. The second in command of the Burger Palace Boys; tough-looking, tattooed, surly, and avoids any show of softness. He has an offbeat sense of humor. (Tenor, C4–F5)
SONNY LATIERRI — Male, High School Teen. A member of the Burger Palace Boys; funny Italian-American, he is a braggart and wheeler-dealer who thinks he’s a real lady-killer. (Baritone, G3–A5)
ROGER — Male, High School Teen. The anything-for-a-laugh stocky type of boy; a clown who enjoys winding people up, he is full of mischief and is always dreaming up half-baked schemes and ideas. (Tenor, D4-A5)
VINCE FONTAINE — Male, High School Teen. A typical ‘teen audience’ disc jockey; slick, egotistical and fast-talking. He is also a veteran ‘Greaser.’
CHA-CHA (aka CHARLENE) DIGREGORIO — Female, High School Teen. The best dancer at St. Bernadette’s; a loud mouth, she wins the dancing competition with Danny. (Alto, C4–C5)
EUGENE FLORCZYK — Male, High School Teen. The class valedictorian; physically awkward, with thick glasses and a high-pitched voice. He’s a typical ‘apple-polisher’ – both smug and pompous, but gullible. (Tenor, A3–E5)
JOHNNY CASINO — Male, High School Teen. All-American, rock-star “greaser” student at Rydell High, whose real name is Clarence. (Tenor, G4-E5)
MISS LYNCH — Female, Age Flexible. A no-nonsense, serious, loud English teacher.
PATTY SIMCOX — Female, High School Teen. A typical cheerleader; attractive, athletic, sure-of-herself, but can be given to bursts of disconcerting enthusiasm. She’s a bit of a pain and unpopular with the Pink Ladies, and can twirl a baton. (Alto, D4-A4)
TEEN ANGEL — Male, Age Flexible. Frenchy’s suave and slick guardian angel, who encourages her to stay in school. (Tenor, E4–F5)
RADIO VOICE — Male, Age Flexible. A voice on the radio. (Tenor, A3–C5)
Place
Rydell High School
Time
1958-59
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