Cast & Crew
GREASE LIGHTNING MUSICAL
MAY 1 – JuLy 13, 2025Evening Shows
Greetings Winnipeg High class of 1959, you are all invited to the biggest Rock and Roll reunion this town has ever seen!
It’s been 20 years since Danny, Sandy and the gang graduated and much has changed. Did Danny and Sandy get married and live happily ever after? Did they ever give up drag racing?
Join us at Destination Dinner Stage as we look in on everyone’s favorite greasers and find out what they are up to in the fabulous 70’s as we pay respectful homage to this well-known story and of course add a twist or two of our own! Grease Lightning, a flash from the past and a celebration of rock and roll!
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Danny ZippoBrandon Vink
Brandon Vink is back again on the Destination Stage and blessed to be joined by such a wonderful cast and crew! His recent credits include: Jamie Mutton/Waylon Whiskey Jr. in Yellowstone: A Country Music Parody (Destinations), Johnny in Ranchers and Rustlers (Souris Valley Theatre) and Jimmy “The Sledgehammer” Santino in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Celebrations). He is an alumnus of The Black Hole Theatre company and has a B.Ed. in teaching theatre. Catch him every other Tuesday at Sidestagewpg with Soap Scum’s Improvised Soap Opera, Camp Scumly! Special thanks to his family and friends who made him a silly person. Endless love to his wife and his light, Amy. Enjoy the show!
Sandy ZippoAmy Vink
Amy is delighted to be returning to Destination Dinner Stage as Sandy! You may have seen her here last as Beth Mutton in Yellowstone (Destinations) and Alexis Rose/Jocelyn Schipp in Schipp’s Creek (Celebrations). Although a current Winnipeger, Amy was born in Drayton Valley, Alberta, and received her degree in Theatre at the University of Alberta (Augustana). She has been touring and performing for a number of years with Celebrations Dinner Theatre, as well as with the Souris Valley Theatre. She would like to thank her family, friends, cast and production team, and her newly wedded husband, Brandon, who she is so grateful to be sharing a stage and a life with! Thank you and enjoy the show!
Kenickie Tom Brooks
Tom Brooks is a British actor now proudly working and living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. With experience on both the screen and stage, Tom enjoys bringing bountiful energy to his roles and loves entertaining. His most recent credits include “One Stoplight Town” with Winnipeg Mennonite Theatre, “And Then There Were None” with Hood and Dagger Productions and now Grease Lightning with Destination Dinner Stage. Tom also enjoys music and plays guitar – providing live music entertainment for Hood and Dagger Productions’ “Gossip”. Tom hopes you enjoy the high-octane show Grease Lightning and he can’t wait to perform with the amazing cast!
RizzoVeronica Ternopolski
Veronica is a proud University of Winnipeg Theatre and Film graduate and she is ecstatic to be making her Destination Dinner Stage debut as Rizzo, with this fabulous cast and crew. She has performed in 20 shows with the Winnipeg Fringe Festival and will be returning this summer with her solo comedy, The Get Laid* Show (*Or a date? Definitely a high five.), where she has successfully formed couples and first dates. She has recently been in TV and Film such as The Holiday Shift (Roku Channel), Little Bird (Crave APTN), Breakthrough (20th Century Fox) and local indies Strong Son and Dark Forest. Currently you can see her in various Murder on the Menu shows, in the live improvised soap opera Soap Scum Presents and WinnCity Comedy shows.
She wants to give a HUGE THANK YOU to you, the audience, for continuing to support live theatre, all of her friends and family for their cheers, and to Brad for all his love and tight squishy hugs.
FrenchyJasmine Wallace
Jasmine Wallace is a local Filipina emerging artist from Winnipeg, MB. Jasmine is a recent graduate of Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba where she achieved her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance (2024).
Jasmine’s most recent stage credits include Tales of Hoffman (Manitoba Underground Opera) and Next to Normal (Recycled Talents Productions). When she is not performing, she works as a creative. A recent highlight is her work as an Assistant Music Director for workshop reading of the brand new, all Filipino Musical “Mabuhay! A New Musical” workshop presentation 2023 (Rainbow Stage). Jasmine is pleased to have made her film debut this past fall in the feature film “A Mother”.
Jasmine is excited to make her Destinations Dinner debut this summer! She would like to thank her friends and colleagues who always inspired and supported her. Thank you and enjoy the show!
KipNathaniel Muir
Nathaniel Muir is a multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Nathaniel’s professional theatre career began in 2022, playing the Cowardly Lion in Rainbow Stage’s production of the Wizard of Oz. Since then, he has returned to Rainbow Stage in the Little Mermaid (2023) and Mary Poppins (2024), as well as Merrily We Roll Along with Dry Cold. In addition to theatre, Nathaniel sings with the rock band the Love Letters. He’d like to thank his family, friends, and teachers for their inspiration and support!
Production Team
Randy Apostle – Writer/Director
Stage Managers – Lisa Cranwill & Brad Zacharias
Musical Director – Lisa Cranwill
Choreographer – Laura Kolisnyk
Lighting Design – Oak Girard
Set Design and Construction – Genevieve Levasseur
Stage Carpenters – Dave Levasseur & T.L. Kosinski
Costuming – Lucille LaPorte
Wigs – Ashley L’Heureux
House Technician/Sound Designer – Caleb Schellenberg
Box Office Administrator – Heather Hickling
Floor Manager – Avery Bate
DDS Executive Sous Chef – Kitt Perfumo
General Manager/VP of Operations – Joe Sacco
(Special Thanks to Ian James for music recording.)
204-694-SHOW (7469)
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email: dinnerstage@canadinns.com
Located at Canad Inns Destination Centre Fort Garry
1824 Pembina Highway
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2G2
Box Office Hours:
Wednesday – Saturday: 11am-7pm
Sunday: 10am-6pm
