WENDY HAMMERS (MIRIAM)
For 40 years, I had the privilege of working as an actor on stage, screen, and television. I played a rattled flight attendant with Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm; I was featured on Oprah as a comic. I toured the country as a stand up for three decades.
As an actress, I’ve played nuns, nudists, psychics, therapists, and borsht belt comediennes. Theatre credits include: Old Jews Telling Jokes (Bunny, National Tour); When We Were Young and Unafraid (Agnes); Grey Nomad (Val, Skylight Theatre).
Then, when I turned 54, I was handed the most challenging part of my life – the role of a pancreatic cancer patient. Though it all, I have had my family of friends to carry me through. Tonight’s performance is dedicated to them.
Learn more and connect with me here: wendyhammers.com
RICK ZIEFF (ISAAC)
Rick Zieff is a veteran actor in film, television, stage, and voice-overs. He stars as Richard Nixon in the animated feature FUN WITH DICK AND JOHN and is the voice of Spike the Dog in THE TOM AND JERRY SHOW, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. He is also a busy voice-over coach. Rick has appeared in many films, and is honored that his first film role was portraying civil rights activist Andrew Goodman in MISSISSIPPI BURNING. On television, he recurred on LAW & ORDER, BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 and WOMEN’S MURDER CLUB, as well as guest starred in dozens of other shows. Rick’s stage work includes YIDDLE WITH A FIDDLE both on Broadway and in Los Angeles, the title character in THE MENSCH off-Broadway, and SOPHIE: THE LIFE OF SOPHIE TUCKER at the Jewish Rep. He is currently an Artist-in-Residence with The Braid. Rick is thrilled to be collaborating again with playwright Dennis Danziger. They worked together on the powerful social commentary SHALOM, VIETNAM, and previously on DOUBLE PLAY opposite Wendy Hammers. Rick is lucky to have two brothers that he considers his best friends. rick@rickzieff.com
JONAH ROBINSON (BENNY)
Jonah Robinson is an actor and musician from Los Angeles. He was recently seen on stage at the Fountain Theater in The Lifespan of a Fact and will be at the Colony Theater in The Civility of Albert Cashier through September 2024. He has been a proud cast member with The Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Goodspeed Opera House, The Rubicon, and the Kravis Center, amongst many other theaters around the country. Jonah can be found on Peacock’s long running soap opera Days of Our Lives as Dr. Mark Greene, and appeared in Daisy Jones and the Six on Amazon Prime. He received a BFA, in musical theatre from the University of Miami.
