Valley View Performing Arts is traveling back to the 1950s for its spring musical.<\/p>\n
Students will be performing \u201cGrease\u201d on March 6, 7 and 8 at the Valley View High School auditorium.<\/p>\n
The cast of 35 students began rehearsing in November, starting with vocal rehearsals and beginning to block scenes in January. In the weeks leading to the show, they started rehearsing seven days a week. Students are also involved in the production backstage, assisting with sound, lighting and set design.<\/p>\n
Valley View Choral Director Gina Pascolini, who is the director, vocal coach and orchestra director for the show, said she and the students are excited for theperformance, and she has enjoyed watching them improve and grow more confident throughout rehearsals.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to observe them on their journey \u2026 They improve with their individual contributions to the show and overall for themselves,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Senior Sophia Cruciani, who plays Jan, one of the Pink Ladies, said she is looking forward to performing in one of her favorite musicals, and she is excited for the audience to see the talent of her castmates.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Grease\u2019 is such an iconic show that everyone loves, and I think it\u2019s so fun. There\u2019s so much talent on that stage and I think it\u2019s so worth it to see, and I\u2019m really excited about the things that we have in store that we don\u2019t want to spoil because there\u2019s going to be a lot of surprises,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Cruciani said this show will be bittersweet for her as it is her last one at Valley View. She has been involved with the arts since before she can remember, and she has had Pascolini as a music teacher since sixth grade.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just had such a connection with her that it truly has made me want to continue to do the shows because of her. She\u2019s such a light in the department, and it really helps me want to be here,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Saying goodbye to Valley View Performing Arts is also emotional for senior Khami So, who will be playing Kenickie. He said he will be sad when the show is over, but he wants to live in the moment and enjoy it while it\u2019s happening. He said he is most excited to perform his number, \u201cGreased Lightnin\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited for my number because it\u2019s very energetic and it\u2019s a very powerful moment in the show. There\u2019s so many moments that I\u2019m just shocked about the talent we have in the show,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
This will not be the first time that this show will be performed on this stage. Valley View Performing Arts also presented \u201cGrease\u201d back in 2000. Pascolini said Valley View alumni who performed in the 2000 production will be coming back to meet the current cast.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs an educator and director, it\u2019s amazing to work with a different generation of students on the same show,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The Valley View School District was recognized as one of the Best Communities for Music Education by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation in May 2025. Pascolini said she is impressed with the talent of her students and emphasizes necessity of arts education in schools.<\/p>\n
She encourages people to come see not only Valley View\u2019s performance but all of the shows in the area to support students in the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe arts in schools are so very important, and we\u2019re very lucky to have the support of our administration, our staff, our parents and our community \u2026 It\u2019s important to just support the arts in general, but I think they\u2019ll really be wowed with the students\u2019 performance because they\u2019re working super hard,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Tickets for the show are $15 for adults and $10 for students. Performances are March 6 and March 7 at 7 p.m. and March 8 at 2 p.m. at the Valley View High School auditorium, 1 Columbus Drive, Archbald.<\/p>\n
If you go<\/p>\n
What: Valley View Performing Arts to present \u201cGrease\u201d<\/p>\n
When: Showtimes are March 6 and March 7 at 7 p.m. and March 8 at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
Where: Valley View High School auditorium, 1 Columbus Drive, Archbald<\/p>\n
Tickets: $15 for adults and $10 for students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Valley View Performing Arts is traveling back to the 1950s for its spring musical. Students will be performing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2117,2118,2119,201,3052,28,178,180,179,3053,3054],"class_list":{"0":"post-124168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-archbald","9":"tag-blakely","10":"tag-jessup","11":"tag-lackawanna-county","12":"tag-midvalley","13":"tag-pennsylvania","14":"tag-scranton","15":"tag-scranton-headlines","16":"tag-scranton-news","17":"tag-valley-advantage","18":"tag-valley-advantage-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}