‘Grease’ at WCT

The cast mid-performance


Another scene from the performance


‘Grease’ director Mina Sutton and set designer Mary Katherine Westmark.

By: WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Wakulla Community Theater presented Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey’s musical “Grease” to four consecutive sold out audiences with 250 guests per show on Nov. 2 through Nov. 5 at the Historic Sopchoppy School.
Wakulla Community Theater started in 1991 with a history of 32 years, 28 shows and 82 performances, after a 14-year hiatus, Nancy Commander and Mina Sutton decided it was time to bring back WCT.
“We called each other and said, Hey, we are retired now, it’s time to bring back the theater.”
Directors Sutton and Commander, both retired Wakulla County School teachers, agreed, “We did not think this type of turn-out would happen, we are blown away by the feed back and how much the community loved the show; it is important we keep the theater and continue with it.” “We had to turn people away because we were sold out, we had people begging for tickets, we were not prepared for this.”
To add a little Wakulla County flavor to the show, during the scene where Danny Zuko and Sandy Dumbrowski are in the drive-in theater, the movie playing on the big screen was “Creature From the Black Lagoon,”, which was filmed at Wakulla Springs State Park.
Director Nancy Commander made the comment, “Taylor Whittle did a great job with choreography, she created the routines by taking small steps and putting it together as she went.”
Tanner Pafford who portrayed lead bad boy Danny Zuko said, “It was a lot of fun, I have not been in a show since middle school, but I was able to get back in touch with old friends from school, make new friends and it is great to bring the arts to Wakulla County. It adds something to do, for families to look forward to, just good clean fun.”
Zoe Lanier along with Scott Rossow and Tate Reynolds in Sound and Lights said, “It had been a great experience and we enjoy doing it, we love to see the reactions of the crowds, the cheers and the applause, it makes 3 months of hard work come to an enjoyable ending.”
“Proceeds from tickets go back into the theater to purchase goods such as copyrighted material which is very expensive, props and costumes, and we also want to thank Wakulla County High School for donating props for the show,” said Commander.