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. 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,
MRS. OLIVIER: MICHELLE JENNINGS
New Yorker Michelle Jennings In 2024 Michelle played Genie Klein in White Plains PAC’s Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, where she later returned to be Lady Beaconsfield in Jekyll & Hyde; Mrs. Fairfax in Off-Brand Opera’s Jane Eyre (NYC); and finished the year playing perky HR Director Cheryl in Playhouse On Park’s The Ugly Xmas Sweater Musical (CT). Other recent performances include Dee Dee Allen in The Prom at Media Theatre (PA), Ariel in Fireside Theatre’s Grumpy Old Men (WI); Fiordiligi in Cosi fan Tutte, with Ninth Avenue Opera in NYC and Cleveland; Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music with Black Rock Theatre (CT); an off-stage swing for four roles in Milwaukee Rep’s production of Titanic, The Musical (going on as Ida Straus); and Donatella in the NYC premiere of Mike and Mindy’s Wild Weekend Jam, at The Players’ Theatre. In film/TV, she originated the role of Thjodhild in the film, Freydis and Gudrid, a musical film, which was released on Amazon Prime Video in 2024, and she was Abbi’s mom in Evil Lives Here, releasing early 2025 on Investigation Discovery TV and HBOMax. Contact: Michelle-Jennings.com
SCHLEPALONG and NELSON ZEE: ROBERT DAVID
Robert David is not Larry David's son, but he appreciates the thought. Robert has appeared on every sitcom you've never heard of and some you wish you'd never heard of. To pursue his dream of acting, Robert gave up a promising career as a doctor. He studied at Stansbury University with the late Dr. Samuel Gall, inventor of the gallbladder. Last year, when the gallbladder was voted among the top ten organs, Robert accepted the award on Dr. Gall's behalf. Thanks for coming to the show! Please tip your server.
TRIXIE:GIANNA HODES
GIANNA has been performing since she was 6 years old and has extensive experience in musical theater, television and film. You can find her touring the east coast as one of the lead vocalists in the acclaimed 80’s tribute act, “80’s Revolution.” She is very excited to be performing in the Jackie Mason musical again alongside this very talented cast!
ROSA : DANI TYLER
Danielle Nichole Tyler (Rosa) - Danielle is thrilled to return to the Jackie Mason Musical! A Bronx native and resident, she is primarily a choreographer who has worked for several theater companies in New Jersey and Westchester. Danielle is the Artistic Director of Darknight Productions, board member and performer with the Liberata Dance Theatre and an actor and director for the Family Repertory Company. Danielle gives the highest praise to her Lord Jesus Christ, who strengthens her. Eternal gratitude and love to her sister, Steffi and her sweetheart, Shawn for their love and support. To Ginger and Sheba, thank you for choosing me 10 years ago and still choosing me now.
JEFF NEWELT: GUY at the DINER
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 claims that a her ten year affair with the legendary Comic was more than a romance - it was an education., and that Jackie was a genius.
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