Set in 1954, four years before Grease's iconic T-Birds ruled Rydell High, Rise of the Pink Ladies follows a scrappier crew determined to have fun on their own terms — even if it means shaking up the whole school.
What is Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies about?
This prequel series, created by Annabel Oakes, rewinds Grease's world to a school year before rock 'n' roll took over the jukebox and long before the T-Birds became untouchable. Four outsiders — fed up with being overlooked — decide to stop waiting for an invitation and start setting their own social rules, forming a group that Rydell High isn't ready for. Their choices ripple through the hallways, unsettling the school's rigid pecking order and sparking exactly the kind of moral panic that 1950s small-town America was primed to have. Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Ari Notartomaso and Shanel Bailey anchor the core group, with Madison Thompson, Johnathan Nieves, Jason Schmidt and Maxwell Whittington-Cooper filling out the wider cast of classmates, rivals and love interests across the season.
About the cast
Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Ari Notartomaso and Shanel Bailey lead the ensemble as the founding members of the group causing the stir, while Madison Thompson, Johnathan Nieves, Jason Schmidt and Maxwell Whittington-Cooper round out the Rydell High cast of students caught in the fallout.
Context & significance
Rise of the Pink Ladies is a musical comedy series that leans into Grease's song-and-dance DNA while telling its own story years before the 1978 film's timeline. Annabel Oakes created the show around a straightforward but durable idea: four teenagers deciding that fitting in matters less than being themselves, set against a mid-1950s backdrop where that choice counted as rebellion. Each episode runs around an hour, giving the musical numbers and hallway drama room to breathe.
Watching Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies on Ktime
Rise of the Pink Ladies streams on K-Time with a free account login, and the series is available with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles — a combination that lets Farsi-speaking viewers choose how they want to watch. It sits within K-Time's catalog of English-language musicals and comedies built for the Iranian diaspora.