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JASON ALEXANDER (Alvin)

is proud to be part of this amazing cast while additionally serving as Artistic Director for Reprise and is delighted to be working with its wonderful staff and Board of Directors. Jason is probably best known for his 9 year, award–winning stint as George Costanza on the hit TV series, Seinfeld. However, those who know him only as George will be surprised to learn of his extensive background as an actor, director, producer, and writer. Besides Seinfeld, his television credits include: Bob Patterson (prod./co-creator); Listen Up (prod.); the TV films of Bye Bye Birdie, The Man Who Saved Christmas, Cinderella, and A Christmas Carol; guest appearances on Newhart, Friends, Monk, Star Trek-Voyager, Malcolm in the Middle, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Criminal Minds and multiple episodes of the animated series Duckman, Aladdin, Dilbert, and Dinosaurs. His film credits include: Pretty Woman; White Palace; North; Dunston Checks In; Love, Valor, Compassion; Rocky and Bullwinkle, Ira and Abby and the upcoming, Hachiko. Jason has starred on Broadway in the original companies of Merrily We Roll Along; The Rink; Broadway Bound; Accomplice; and Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, for which he won the Tony, Outer Critics, and Drama Desk Awards as Best Actor in a Musical. He also authored the libretto of the show which received the Tony Award for Best Musical. On the L.A. stage, Jason has starred in Give ‘Em Hell, Harry; Defiled; the long-running hit of The Producers with Martin Short and the very first Reprise production, Promises, Promises. Jason has directed in every medium: Television (Seinfeld, Remember WENN, Campus Ladies, Everybody Hates Chris, ‘Til Death); Film (For Better or Worse and Just Looking) and Stage (The God of Hell at the Geffen; Sunday In The Park With George and the newly adapted Damn Yankees at Reprise and countless benefits). Jason produced the films, Agent Cody Banks and its sequel as well as the TV special Ultimate Trek. He has also authored the children’s book, Dad, Are You the Tooth Fairy? He has won the title of Parlor Magician of the Year at the prestigious Magic Castle and he is a noted player in the celebrity poker circuit. Jason resides in L.A. with his wife Daena and their children, Gabriel and Noah.

PATRICK CASSIDY (Wally)

appeared on Broadway as Julian Marsh in 42nd Street, in Elton John’s Aida (as well as the national tour for which he won the 2002 National Broadway Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Touring Musical),  Annie Get Your Gun, Pirates of Penzance, and Leader of the Pack. He originated the role of the Balladeer in Stephen Sondheim's Assassins at Playwrights Horizons and appeared in Lady in the Dark at City Center's Encores! National tours include Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 2000 and again in 2006. Regionally, he has been seen in Conrack (Helen Hayes nomination) at Ford's Theatre, Martin Guerre at the Hartford Stage, and The End of the Day at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Los Angeles appearances include: Threepenny Opera for Reprise (Garland Award for Best Actor in a Musical); Bobby in Company with Carol Burnett; Love Letters; and Assassins (LATC). Other theatre credits include: The Robber Bridegroom, Little Shop of Horrors, and Camelot. His films include Longtime Companion, I'll Do Anything, I Won't Dance and Burning Love. He starred in the TV miniseries Dress Grey (Emmy nomination) and Napoleon & Josephine as well as TV movies-of-the-week Oklahoma City, Something in Common, Christmas Eve, How the West Was Fun, and Follow Your Heart. He was also a series regular on NBC's Bay City Blues, CBS' Dirty Dancing, HBO's Perversions of Science and the WB's Smallville. He has Guest starred on Law & Order SVU, Crossing Jordan, Without a Trace, According to Jim, and was just seen on CSI Miami and ER. Patrick has just completed his one-man show entitled Just Act Normal. Through music and stories, he reflects growing up in a home where every single person around the dinner table is in Show Business. In addition, he recently completed filming a pilot for ABC Family starring himself and his brother David that was executive produced by their brother Shaun.

VICKI LEWIS (Cleo)

Vicki starred as Beth on NBC's Newsradio for six seasons and as Nora on NBC's Three Sisters for two seasons. She currently plays Melissa on the Fox sitcom Til Death, just finished filming a new series for Disney entitled Sonny With a Chance, and most recently had guest-starring roles on Bones, Grey’s Anatomy, and Dirt. She has had recurring roles on numerous shows including Seinfeld, Caroline in the City, Murphy Brown, Norm, Grace under Fire, and Home Improvement. She starred in Bye Bye Birdie (Tyne Daly) for ABC and in The Huntress for TNT. Her film work includes the upcoming The Ugly Truth (Spring 2009), (Katherine Heigl /Gerard Butler) California Dreamin, Last Day Of Summer, Mousehunt, Godzilla, Pushing Tin, I’ll do Anything, and Breakfast of Champions.  She starred as Velma Kelly in the Broadway and Los Angeles productions of Chicago, and as Gloria Thorpe in the Tony-nominated Damn Yankees on Broadway.  She starred in Pal Joey at Encores! with Patti LuPone and Peter Gallagher, The Crucible for the roundabout theatre, and as a soloist with The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall (conducted by the late Skitch Henderson). She can be heard on the cast recordings of Damn Yankees, Pal Joey, Gershwin's Girl Crazy, Unsung Irving Berlin, Zing – A Little Bing, A Broadway Christmas, and A Hollywood Christmas. She is currently recording her own album entitled Sleepwalking and is collaborating on her one-woman show entitled Vicki Lewis – On The Verge. She received the 2007 Ovation Award for her performance in the world premiere of Michael John LaChuisa’s Hotel C’est L’amour directed by Daniel Henning at the Blank Theatre. This is her third show for Reprise. She was also seen in My One and Only and City of Angels and she was the featured musical guest for Carol Burnett in Conversation. Her animated work includes Pixar’s blockbuster Finding Nemo, Justice League: The New Frontier, Wonder Woman (2009),  Alpha and Omega (2010), Doctor Doolittle, Ben 10, Phineas and Ferb, Penguins, Little Man Dan and his Big Fat Hand, King of the Hill, Mission Hill, Hercules, Rugrats, An Extremely Goofy Movie, and Betsy’s Kindergarden Adventures. She is set to star in and produce the upcoming animated series Vicki Vector and the Wild Wild Web.  www.vickilewis.com

LEA THOMPSON (Monica)

is best known for her roles in Back to the Future I, II, and III (Kid’s Choice Award winner) and as the star of Caroline in the City (People’s Choice and TV Guide Award Winner). Other film credits include: Some Kind of Wonderful, All the Right Moves, Howard the Duck, The Beverly Hillbillies, Space Camp, Dennis the Menace, Article 99, Casual Sex?, Jaws 3-D, Red Dawn, The Wizard of Loneliness, The Little Rascals, The Wild Life, The Unknown Cyclist, Fish Don’t Blink, Come Away Home, California Dreaming, Doubting Thomas, Exit Speed, Balancing the Books, Splinterheads, and she just wrapped The Mrs. Clause. Television movie credits include: The Substitute Wife, Stolen Babies, The Right to Remain Silent, The Unspoken Truth, Montana, Nightbreaker, the NBC miniseries A Will of Their Own, Stealing Christmas, A Life Interrupted: The Debbie Smith Story, and the Hallmark miniseries Final Approach.  Television series include: NBC’s Caroline in the City, Lifetime’s For The People, the current Mystery Movie Series on the Hallmark Channel entitled Jane Doe, marking her directorial debut on two of these films. Theater work includes: The Little Mermaid, Bus Stop, The Illusion, Long Time Coming, Charlie Bacon’s Family, The Trip Back Down, Vagina Monologues, and as Sally Bowles at Studio 54 in the Broadway revival of Cabaret.  Lea can often be seen about town performing at charity events such as the Alzheimer’s Association’s Night At Sardi’s, Breast Cancer research’s What A Pair, the WeSpark Foundation, and others. Thompson lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Howard Deutch, and their two daughters.