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INEVENTS shaler area middle school students present ‘grease’ Shaler Area Middle School students presented one of the school’s largest productions in recent years when the curtain rose on the popular musical “Grease.” “Grease,” performed on Feb. 15 and 16 at the middle school, follows a group of students from the fictional Rydell High School as they navigate storylines involving peer pressure, values and love. It follows the challenges of new girl Sandy, played by eighth-grader Lauren Lorenz, trying to fit in at a new school. Her situation is complicated when she learns that her summer crush, Danny, played by seventh-grader Joshua Clark, attends the same school. The middle school’s musical featured a cast of more than 60 students, including popular characters like the T-Birds— Kenickie (Alex Eastly), Doody (Logan DeLuca), Roger (Thomas Bartosh) and Sonny (Luka DePasquale), and the Pink Ladies led by Rizzo (Sami Rodibaugh), Frenchy (Rachel Scierka), Marty (Norah Strout), and Jan (Ava Bardakos). The full-length musical included all of the audience favorites, including “Greased Lightnin’,” “Beauty School Dropout” and “We Go Together.” PHOTOS BY PRIMETIME SHOTS 8 724.942.0940 to advertise ❘ icmags.com