Beetlejuice Jr. - January 30 - February 08, 2026
Reading Civic Theatre
Crew Who's Who
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Samantha Grinage
Co-Director and Choreographer
Sam is so excited to make her directing debut at the theater that she's always called home. She graduated from the Sight & Sound Conservatory in 2022 and has performed professionally, touring with Piercing Word and Servant Stage around the Lancaster area & beyond. As a horror movie lover, and as a scare actor for Hersheypark Dark Nights, she was thrilled to take on this stage version of a Tim Burton classic. She would like to thank Jeannette DeAngelo & RCT for giving her this chance to direct and teach this incredible group of young performers.
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Jeannette DeAngelo
Co-Director, Producer, and Wig Mistress
Jeannette serves as the President of the RCT Board of Directors and has directed, produced, performed in and choreographed many, many RCT shows. She has directed the RCT hits Next to Normal, The Full Monty, Guys and Dolls, Grease, Shrek, Forbidden Broadway, Camp Rock, The Happy Elf, Footloose, Fiddler on the Roof, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Annie ( twice ), Mamma Mia!, Nunsense, Cinderella, Mean Girls and Les Mis - twice - once in 2015 and then again in 2023. In the fall of 2015, she directed the RCT production of Les Misérables: School Edition which was voted the Broadway World - Central PA's Best Children's Production. She is a retired RSD math teacher and was the director of Reading High's school shows for 48 years. She is honored and proud to be a part of TEAM BEETLEJUICE!!
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Patrick Grinage
Music Director
Patrick is very excited to be serving off stage once again and help to provide "That Beautiful Sound" as Music Director with the extremely talented cast of Beetlejuice Jr.! Most recently you may have seen him on stage in Titanic: Concert Edition as Harold Bride, & Wallace Hartley, and in Rock of Ages as Franz Kleinnman. Patrick is a Reading High graduate, class of 2010, and enjoys performing at Alsace Lutheran Church with their handbell choir, vocal choir, and as a soloist on various instruments. Shoutout to his wonderful cats; Belle, Skimbleshanks, & Chess for all their support. We hope you enjoy Beetlejuice Jr.!
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