JACKIE MASON: IAN WEHRLE
IAN WEHRLE played Jackie previously OffBroadway at St.Luke's Theater and The Davenport Theatre and at The Willow Theatre in Boca Raton, Fla.He is an active composer and arranger and a founding member of the Ultrasonic rock orchestra. He has recently finished work for the NBC Olympics and various music direction and sound design for theater. He is credited at the Food Network, MTV, and FOX and is continually in development of new musicals and television music. He was recently commissioned to write the music for GILGAMESH for NYU. He also wrote the song "The Finger" for the Jackie Mason Musical. He can be reached at ianwehrle@gmail.com.
GINGER: SHEBA MASON
Sheba is a NY based comedian seen nightly in Comedy Clubs, including Carolines, Gotham, and many others. throughout the USA .She often opens for Joe Machi and Dave Attell, Andrew Dice Clay and Jordan Carlos, and headlines at various venues, frequently at Sheba's Speakeasy Comedy Club in Manhattan. She is the daughter of Broadway Comic Jackie Mason and playwright Ginger Reiter. She often appears in the touring version of The Jackie Mason Musical. www.shebamason.com Email: shebamasonshow@gmail.com
MRS. OLIVIER:SARAH FERRO
Sarah Ferro is a New York–based actor, singer, and pianist. Recent stage credits include principal roles in Out East (Playwrights Downtown), Pearl Deluxe (Laurie Beechman Theater),Reunion (Spark Theater Festival), In Circles (Judson Memorial Church), Gutter Star (New YorkFringe Festival) and I’m Gonna Love You Forever (Gene FrankelTheater). Additional professional credits include Come Fly With Me:The Music of Sammy Cahn (Cuillo Center for the
Arts), Harry Chapin’s America (Coconut Grove Playhouse), Batboy the Musical (Miami ShoresPerforming Arts), Jesus Christ Superstar (Actors’ Playhouse at The Miracle Mile) and Children
of Eden (Seaside Music Theater). Sarah is also an accomplished cabaret artist, having performed her solo shows throughout New York and Connecticut at The Duplex, The Stonewall Inn, The Triad Theater, Joanne’s Trattoria, Fairfield Theater Company and Westport Country
Playhouse. Sarah holds a Bachelor of Music from the University of Miami and proud mom of 3 amazing children - Atticus, Keaton and Everett. Instagram: @by.sarahferr
WOOLEY the SCHLEPALONG: JONATHAN TIENKEN
Jonathan Tienken works in the film industry as National Director of Advertising and Publicity for Sony Pictures Classics (part of Sony Pictures Entertainment). He is based in the New York area. Sheba Mason discovered his great voice because every holiday season he is her partner singing Karaoke duets at The Comic Strip which was co-founded by his father Richard Tienken in 1975/76. The Comic Strip if one of the oldest and most influential stand-up comedy clubs In New York City launching or boosting careers of stars like Eddie Murphy (whom Richie managed early on), Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, and many others.
TRIXIE: ALISSA FINN
Alissa Finn is a native New Yorker, actor, singer, and graduate of the Royal Academy of Music's MA in Musical Theatre program. As a freelance singer, Alissa has performed in jazz venues throughout London and New York and has recorded at Abbey Road Studios for films such as Beetlejuice 2. As a cabaret artist, she has written and produced 16 cabarets in venues throughout London and New York City. Highlighted credits include: Thea Elvsted in Hedda Gabler(Etcetera Theatre), Gracie in Dr Uncanny Presents: Moreau 96 (Foxy Films), Hygienist Jill in Dentorama (Royal Institution Mayfair), Titania/Hippolyta in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bread and Roses Theatre), and Constantia in Creed (Workshop with Creative Structure).
ROSA : LORRIE BROWNSTONE
Lorrie Brownstone is a professional stand-up comic who has toured the country including USO shows in Iraq and Kuwait.
She graduated with a BA in Theater in Canada and went on to various improv and radio shows in Toronto.
While raising her children in Arizona, Lorrie became a writer/reporter with Gannett, followed by a move to NYC more than a decade ago. In addition to stand-up, she has performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade and has appeared on the Discovery Channel.
NELSON ZEE: MICHAEL SORVINO
An active producer, writer, director, and actor, Michael got a BFA in Acting from Mason Gross School of The Arts, Rutgers University. His work stretches from Theater for the New City here in NY, originating the role of ‘Judd’ in “Cherry Hill”, playing ‘Claude’ in “Stuck” at Center Stages, ‘Fenton’ in The Princeton Repertory Company‘s production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” in NJ, and he just finished up being ‘Abe Lincoln’ and ‘Samuel Adams’ in Liberty Arts Theatre’s “America 250 USO Tour”. Film and television credits include features like Almost Paris (Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection, 2016), The Depths, Once Upon A Time In Queens, Human Trafficking, Perfume, Gods and Generals, and Summer of Sam, among others. He also voiced the main character of ‘Tommy’ in the classic video game, Mafia, and then reprised it for a brief stint in Mafia II.
Michael is very excited to be working with everyone here at The Jackie Mason Musical — especially since, along with his late father- the inimitable Paul Sorvino, he once saw Jackie live in “Politically Incorrect” on Broadway, and then they had dinner with the man himself at Sardi’s, always remembering it quite fondly!
DOGGY BAG GUY on Certain Days: Craig Gass
A stand-up comic and TV actor, Craig has appeared as Miranda's "Glazed Donut" boyfriend on "Sex and The City".
He has played "The New Guy" at Kevin James' workplace on "King of Queens". He is well-known in the Celebrity voice world He's been on Family Guy and American Dad; He's a Regular on The Howard Stern Show; He's a Featured Performer on The Roasts of Gene Simmons and Corey Taylor.
DOGGY BAG GUY on Certain Days: JEFF NEWELT
Jeff Newelt AKA JahFurry is a PR / Social Media macher for the likes of The Zappa Estate, Universal Music, Art Spiegelman, Lloyd Kaufman (TROMA Films) and National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene; Comics Editor for Heeb Magazine and Harvey Pekar (American Splendor); + klezmerrific jazzy reggae singer alongside musician mishpucha from The Wailers, Burning Spear, Steel Pulse and Skatalites. Jeff lives in NYC with his wife Erica, and two sons.
DOGGY BAG GAL on certain days: LAURA SLUTSKY
Laura is a New York-based performer, producer, comedian, and casting/advertising professional with deep ties to cabaret, theater, and comedy scenes.
JOAN RIVERS: VANESSA HOLLINGSHEAD
Vanessa is a nationally and internationally touring comedian known for her sharp point of view, high-energy audience connection, standout crowd work, and memorable characters. She recently filmed her Dry Bar special and Open Bar special and was featured on Showtime’s Funny Women of a Certain Age—one of the network’s highest-rated stand-up premieres—hosted by Fran Drescher. She has appeared on Comedy Central and SiriusXM, performed for U.S. troops throughout the Middle East, and opened for comedy legends including Bill Maher, Richard Pryor, and George Carlin. After seeing her perform, Jerry Seinfeld said, “You are extremely funny… really fresh material… you’ve got what it takes.”
CREATIVE
Book, Music & Lyrics; Ginger Reiter
Book, Music & Lyrics; Ginger Reiter
Book, Music & Lyrics; Ginger Reiter
Composer/Playwright of "Solomon & Sheba & The Drag Queen"; "Mel Schwartz Sleeps with Mae West", she wrote"The Jackie Mason Musical" two years before their daughter Sheba Mason was born. The show was always a work in progress until the passing of Jackie Mason in 2021. She declares that her ten year affair with the legendary Comic was more than a romance - it was an education., and that Jackie was a genius. She is married to Cantor/Entertainer Manny Silver and lives in Florida.
Orchestrations by Ike Reeves
Book, Music & Lyrics; Ginger Reiter
Book, Music & Lyrics; Ginger Reiter
Born and raised in New York, Ike Reeves is no stranger to the music of the Broadway Stage and is gifted with instinctive feelings regarding Broadway style musicals. He has been in show business since the age of twelve, and has brought his arranging talents to Florida where he enhances and enriches old songs and - as in The Jackie Mason Musical - new original music, by creating virtual symphonic orchestras using sophisticated equipment which sounds
exactly like their real counterparts. Ike can be reached at IkeReeves@aol.com