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Review: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Coastal Players
& Theatre On The Bay
Chase Grabowski, in the role of Jesus, delivered a powerhouse performance, marked by striking rock vocals and commanding stage presence. Nowhere was this more apparent than in the Gethsemane scene, arguably the most emotionally raw moment of the show. The vulnerability and desperation poured into that number gave the audience a glimpse into the spiritual and physical torment Jesus faced, and it stood out as the highlight of the evening. Click here to read the full article!
Gerds/Review: ‘Company’ in Marinette honors a legend
In Marinette, Theatre on the Bay campus and community troupe performs a vigorous version of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company.” Featured is Chase Grabowski, a versatile performer in UW-Green Bay productions in Green Bay and Marinette… and elsewhere. As Robert, Chase Grabowski is called on to be a part of, or full front-and-center for, rolling displays of couples and girlfriends treading water through life, some thrashing more than others. The role is a giant acting/singing challenge, and Chase Grabowski is engaging all the way through. Click here to read the full article!
Review: RENT at Coastal Players & Theatre On The Bay
Chase Grabowski in the role of Mark Cohen led the show with a vocal voracity that didn’t quit. While I felt at times Grabowski’s character took a different approach to some of the typical first act subtleties of Cohen, Act II grounded the character in its true essence. Throughout the early scenes of the show, I would have hoped for a more stoic and contemplative Mark Cohen to help progressively build to the emotional climax in Act II. While his character was energetic and playful, vocal stamina was the crown jewel of his performance. Click here to read the full article!
UW-Green Bay Grad Wins Award at National Theatre Festival
UW-Green Bay graduate, Chase Grabowski, recently attended the National Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival where he was one of five musical theatre and performance attendees to win an award. Grabowski, who just graduated from UW-Green Bay in December 2022, is from Marinette and currently works as an Account Manager at Schneider.
In January 2022, Grabowski attended the Region III Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, which was held in Flint, MI. At the regionals, Grabowski competed against students from Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and western Ohio where he won the Musical Theatre Intensive in vocals. This regional win entitled Grabowski to an all-expenses paid trip to the national festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. which was held in mid-April, 2023. Grabowski was one of only nine Kennedy Center National Musical Theatre Fellows to attend the festival which was also attended by approximately eighty performance and design students. Click here to read the full article!
Theater Hopeful Advances to National Festival
BY ERIN NOHA
24-year-old Chase Grabowski — that junior singing Frank Sinatra — is one of eight finalists in the National Kennedy Center American Collegiate Theater Festival, making him the first acting finalist in the history of the University of Wisconsin — Green Bay. The festival showcases 18,000 students annually from universities across the county. He self-taped his first audition and was one of the 18 selected from between 200 to
300 men and women to perform live at regionals for Musical Theater Intensive. One winner is selected from each region that advances to finals. Grabowski was nominated for two competitions at the festival, the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship and Musical Theater Intensive. He will compete on April 19-23 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. for Region 3, which represents Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and western Ohio.Click here to read the full article!
A TALL, CLICHED GLASS OF FUN:
A Review of FIRST DATE
BY ROBERT LONGFIELD
Then there’s Chase Grabowski, taking the lead as Aaron, a nerdy, nervous financier on his first blind date since being abandoned under the chuppah on the day of his wedding. He also directs this production, giving it a brisk pace and helping to bring out the humor as well as what little nuance exists in Austin Winsberg’s cliché-ridden, dated book…Grabowski and Soberg have an easy chemistry together and are just great fun to watch as Aaron and Casey spar and then predictably fall in love. Both are vocally superb. Grabowski’s Aaron is romantically clueless at first and ultimately charming.