Grease, Broadway 2007-2009
[Musical, Comedy, Revival]            

Marty - Replacement

Patty Simcox - Replacement

Cha-Cha Di Gregorio - Replacement

Swing: Ashley Arcement - Replacement 

Matt has an extensive theatre background starting with his training right here in Rhode Island at Brown University. He has a busy career playing regional theatre houses, off-broadway theatres and NBC's Saturday Night Live. His credits include performances at NYC's City Center Encores!, Peccadillo Theatrre, and The Muny, to name a few!

Holly Buczek is no stranger to auditions, having been in the business as a performer since she was 5 years old! After graduating from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU and while performing at Vital Theatre Company, Holly discovered her passion for casting when the artistic team asked her to step in and cast Vital Theatre’s award winning seasons of new, family musicals. Holly has led casting workshops and panels for Backstage, AMDA, TVI Studios, The Growing Studio, Wagner College, Center Stage Theatre Company in Westport, CT and Newport Children’s Theatre in Rhode Island. Branching out on her own as HDB Casting, she has a keen eye for exceptional performers, a unique talent for “thinking outside of the box” and a razor sharp memory for people and faces. Holly prides herself on creating a casting environment that allows performers to be uninhibited and bring all of their talent and personality to the table. Holly is currently the Casting Director in residence with Musicals Tonight!, Berenstain Bears, Live with Matt Murphy Productions and Vital Theatre Company. She recently completed a 2 year Associate Position with JDC working on the national touring companies of Annie, Mamma Mia!, 42nd Street, Bring It On, Wizard of Oz, and Joseph…

 Kathy Deitch's credits include the Broadway productions Footloose & Wicked, the regional production of Silence! The Musical, the European Tour of Hair, andthe National Tour of Wicked. Kathy also has an extensivelist of credits in TV and Film including, The Big C ,Co- Star (Showtime) Law & Order Guest Star (NBC/Universal TV), Cupid, Guest-Star (ABC Television), and Going the Distance, Proud Mom (New Line Cinemas). Kathy was seen in the musical Chess at the award-winning company Musical Theatre Guild in Los Angeles, California. Most recently, Kathy has been seen in American Horror Story as Young Ethel  (Fox)  and  Magic Mike XXL. 

Ginger Merritt has been on the faculty of Broadway Training Center for 13 years wherein she has taught Musical Theatre Dance and Tap and has choreographed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. She has worked three summers with Long Lake Camp for the Arts as choreographer wherein she choreographed Chicago, West Side Story, and Footloose.She has work with NCT during two summer camps and two of our Mainstage musicals.  Ginger has performed all over the world in such shows as 42nd Street and Fiddler on the Roof wherein she has worked with Broadway choreographers, Randy Skinner, Sammy Dallas Bayes. She holds a B.A. in Theatre and Dance from Wagner College.

His dance career has led him to dance with, and opposite, some of the dancing world's premiere dance talents including Chita Rivera, Bebe Neuwirth, Anne Reinking, Charlotte D'Amboise, Caroline O'Connor, Ben Vereen, and Usher. James Patric recently choreographed LACHSA'S award winning production of Chicago; his other choreography credits include Hair, Rent, Hairspray, and numerous music videos. He has also appeared dancing on such shows as Nikki, Dancing With the Stars, and America's Got Talent. 

James Patric has extensive credits in theatre TV and film, and we are thrilled to have him join the Upstage family. In theatre he has appeared on Broadway, and in National and International tours. His roles include Fred Casely in the Tony Award winning revival of Chicago, Riff in West Side Story, Bobby in A Chorus Line, and Lank in Crazy for You. His TV and film credits include Ghost Voyage, Charmed, Mad-TV, Guiding Light, Jack and Jill, The Grasslands, Scent of a Woman, and Malcolm X.

Abbey has performed in the Broadway musicals Spamalot and Pal Joey.  She performed in Mack and Mabel at Lincoln Center and has been seen in the TV shows Smash and The Apprentice.She also worked as a Radio City Rockette! Abbey has choreographed for numeruos regional theatres, and most recently she choreogrphed for Waitress and Jagged Little Pill on Broadway.

Timothy Quinlan is a London-based actor whose professional work has taken him from London's West End to New York City's Broadway stage and around the world on national and international tours.  Some of his credits include,  Caroline or Change, Motown the Musical, Annie Get Your Gun, Mack and Mabel, Jersey Boys, The Full Monty, Jesus Christ Superstar, On The Town, West Side Story, and Footloose.

Curtis has performed in Tuck Everlasting (World Premiere) at Alliance Theatre, Fiddler on the Roof at Arena Stage and the Goodspeed Opera House (Dance Captain/Fyedka), Aladdin & Thoroughly Modern Millie at The Muny.  Broadway Tours: Disney’s Mary Poppins, Lincoln Center’s South Pacific, Topol/Harvey Fierstein’s Fiddler on the Roof, NY City Center Encores Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Featured in the opening of the 65th Tony Awards. Florida State MT alum.