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:JENNIFER YADAV
is a writer, director, and choreographer at Brooklyn Children’s Theatre and an Adjunct Professor at Berkeley College, as well as a working actor and voiceover artist. Jennifer has appeared in film and TV, including a co-star role as Gulab, a Sikh mother on FBI. I She won a Best Actress Award at the West Village Musical Theatre Festival in For the Love of God, with Sheldon Harnick. She taught Shakespeare, and co-produced the Off-Off Broadway play Wine and Spirits, nominated for several NYIT awards. As a community member, she serves on the Board of Directors of The Players and was a founding member of the Mott Haven Blocks Association, for whom she won a city grant to promote Participatory Budgeting in my neighborhood of the Bronx.
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 : DANIELLE NICHOLE 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.
WOOLEY the SCHLEPALONG: DANIEL HIRSH
DANIEL HIRSH a native of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, has NY credits including: Off-Broadway: Backyard, PimComedy, Bennett v. The Board Against Magical Fraud; Off-Off-Broadway: The Hourglass, The Wicked Fresh Awesome Dance Party, The Spirit of Truth, and Save the Penguins. He’s been lucky enough to participate in a world premiere of a Tennessee Williams play, as well as several television shows, films, voice over and internet things. Daniel holds a degree in Drama from Washington U St. Louis and has taken summer courses at Shakespeare’s Globe in London and The Atlantic Acting School.
NELSON ZEE: RUSSELL MOSS
Russell Moss - from Los Angeles, CA has appeared in Commercials, TV and Film. He studied acting at Warner Brothers Studios and worked as a Tour Guide at Universal Studios, Hollywood for 5 years. He has over 3000 live performances under his belt headlining shows in Las Vegas, Laughlin, NV Branson MO and Indianapolis, IN. He is a resident performer at The Triad Theater New York City and headlines his own 'Hit' show "A Night Of Cool" with his Five Piece Orchestra. His next performance is December 4th. Russell is honored to be a part of this hilarious show and is grateful to Sheba and Ginger for the opportunity.
DOGGY BAG GAL (RUTHY SCHWARTZ): LAURA SLUTSKY
With the last name Slutsky, Laura was born to be funny.
Her joy always is to make people laugh. For many years she had a very successful reality advertising company. She was a loving, long-term member of the famous Friars Club where she was surrounded by the funniest people. She starred in a documentary about my life – “FATAL REACTION” – which showed globally. She now produces a variety show called “SHMOOZIN’ with SLUTSKY” which combines talented singers and comedians to raise money for important causes.
Laura is a proud Board of Directors member of STRIVE – the nation’s leading workforce development organization.
In addition I she is writing a book about her love of dogs. She is a motivational speaker at women’s organizations around the USA focusing on self empowerment.
Laura's life mantra is SHOW UP – you never know what magic can happen.
Laura states: Being cast as Ruthie Schwartz in “THE JACKIE MASON MUSICAL” is a dream come true for me."
Thank you Ginger Reiter and Sheba Mason for giving me this gift.
It’s all about bashert.
Doggy Bag Guy (Rudy Schwartz): Brett Singer
Brett Singer is an actor, stand-up comic, writer, and musician based in New York City. As an actor, he appeared in commercials for Blue Man Group and Oscar Health Insurance, and on shows for Discovery ID and the Travel Channel. He appeared off-off Broadway in "Five Sessions" as well as in the subsequent filmed version of the play. He has performed at comedy clubs and other venues throughout the country, often as part of the World Series of Comedy. He has written for The Daily Beast, The AV Club, and Forbes Woman, and appeared as a parenting expert on CNN HLN, ABC News Now, NPR and Fox News. www.brettsinger.com
Comedian Jackie Vernon: Mike Keegan
Long Island native Mike Keegan is a super likeable high energy comedian. His extremely relatable act pokes fun at his neurotic Italian family and his distant but loving Irish family as well as past relationships and experiences being a larger American. He was the runner up for Funniest Comic on the East Coast at Mohegan Sun and can be seen in major comedy clubs across the United States. He is the co-host of The Herschy And The Keegs Show podcast and is a mainstay at the Governors chain of Comedy Clubs on Long Island.
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