CAST
SAM EISENBAUM
(Barry)
Sam Eisenbaum is an actor, director, and creator based in Wappingers Falls, NY. A Hudson Valley Magazine “Best Live Actor” honoree, his recent international credits include Willy Wonka in Turkey and Shaggy (Scooby-Doo) in Saudi Arabia. Regional credits include Rebel Without a Cause and Young Frankenstein. He's jazzed to have worked with Ira to craft Barry Schleckman. Contact: sam.eisenbaum@gmail.com
DEBORAH GEFNER
(Ruthie)
Deborah got her start as a Broadway actor. She now plays authoritative, intimidating women--the casting director in MaXXXine, the PR consultant on The Morning Show, the headmistress in Mad Men. She got her start when Bob Fosse plucked her from the cast of A Chorus Line to play Victoria in All That Jazz. Deborah dubs projects for Netflix, Disney and Amazon, and voices scripted podcasts like Andrew Garfield’s in Under the Silver Lake, and the grandmother of President Obama in Southside With You.
LEXI LANGTRY
(Greta)
Lexi is a voice actress and singer based in San Francisco. A Michigan native, Lexi was inspired by the cartoons that played on the television each morning before school. She has since been featured in up-and-coming musicals, indie animations, audio dramas, and video game soundtracks!
VALERIANA QUEVEDO
(Rosaline)
A native San Franciscan, Valeriana Quevedo was born into a show biz family and taught in the home to sing, dance and be rhythmic from a very early age. She's performed extensively in the US, Japan and Europe and was a key player in Beach Blanket Babylon, the longest-running show in SF history. She's thrilled to be a part of Ira's production. www.valerianaq.com
SAM CUSSON
(Bob)
JESSE HOLCOMB
(Noreen)
Sam Cusson is a NJ-based actor who's studied at NYU Tisch and Juilliard. Recent theatre credits include W.A.D. Festival’s Nana (Derek), Last Call Theatre’s The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals (Paul), Short North Stage’s American Idiot (Tunny). More at SamuelCusson.com.
You can hear Jesse in the English dubbed versions of many Netflix and Disney+ TV series, or voicing a number of NPC's in the new video game from Moon Studios, No Rest For The Wicked. She is currently playing a zombie in a commercial for TriMet--the PNW's public transit system, and a different zombie in a Turo rental car commercial opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar.
JIM BRUNBERG
(J.D. Putnam--sung)
KENNY SHEA DINKIN
(Agent Two)
MICHAEL MENDELSOHN
(Donald Malloy,
J.D. Putnam--spoken)
A singer, songwriter, producer and entrepreneur, Jim founded Portland's Mississippi Studios and has since become partner in several other Portland music venues. He achieved acclaim in the SF Bay area in the 1990's through his folk-rock band Box Set and now performs as part of the duo Wonderly, best known for their theme music to the NY Times podcast The Daily.
Kenny Shea Dinkin is a writer, songwriter, producer, and game designer. He has contributed to more than 75 video games, including the hit Diner Dash, and spent eight years as Senior Creative Director on Candy Crush. Kenny performs with the Oakland band The Secret Identities and collaborates with his brother Marc as LOT 49. Together they co-wrote the musical Landslide Lyndon, which makes its staged reading debut in Manhattan this summer.
Michael "Mendy" Mendelsohn is a talented San Francisco Bay Area singer and actor who never sent us a bio.
IRA MARLOWE
(Herman, Agent One,
Book, Music, Lyrics)
After a series of fizzled major-label record deals and gigs ranging from concert halls to a Howard Johnson's, singer/songwriter Ira Marlowe finally found his true calling writing for the theatre. Between 2014-2018, he penned the songs for four shows by the San Francisco Mime Troupe, a Tony-winning political theater company. During the pandemic he created The Unseen World, a sci-fi podcast musical that was attracting raves until he tired of promoting it. He's taught songwriting at UC Berkeley and currently teaches and performs (solo and with his band The Slow Reveal) while also hosting assorted events at The Monkey House, the fifty-seat theater he founded in 2012. He lives in Oakland, CA. www.iramarlowe.com
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