Class is back in session at Rydell High, as Paramount+ has revealed the ensemble cast of its Grease prequel series, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.
Chances are you won’t know many (or, uh, any) of these names, but here we go anyway: Donning those pink satin jackets will be Marisa Davila as Jane, Cheyenne Isabel Wells as Olivia, Ari Notartomaso as Cynthia, Tricia Fukuhara as Nancy, Shanel Bailey as Hazel, and Madison Thompson (best known for her work on Ozark) as Susan. Johnathan Nieves, Jason Schmidt, and Maxwell Whittington-Cooper round out the cast of relative newcomers, and Broadway star and comedian Jackie Hoffman will be taking on the role of Assistant Principal McGee from the original movie.
Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies is set in 1954, four years before Frenchie became a beauty school dropout and Sandy transformed into a leather-loving vixen. According to a press release, the new show is about “four fed-up outcasts [who] dare to have fun on their own terms, sparking a moral panic that will change Rydell High forever.” Sounds very Rizzo-esque.
