THE VALUE OF NAMES - by Jeffrey Sweet /With : *Mitchell Fields, *Marc Moritz , Neely Gevaart /*Appearing courtesy of Actor's Equity Association at Lakeland Community College’s Dr. Wayne L. Rodehorst Performing Arts Center

MITCHELL FIELDS

Mitchell ( Benny) is an actor, director, and acting coach based in Cleveland, Ohio. From 1996 until 2022 Mitchell was a professor of film studies at Baldwin Wallace University. As an Actor, he can be seen in the film Yaniv, playing the role of Mickey. Formerly he played opposite James Coburn in HBO’s Proximity. Mitchell has appeared in most of the professional theatres in Cleveland, including the Cleveland Playhouse, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, and Dobama. Previously Mitchell taught acting at the Academy of Performing Arts and before that he performed in upstate New York and Off-Broadway in New York City. He has been a proud member of the Actors Equity Association for 54 years and also a member of Sag/Aftra. *Member AEA

MARC MORITZ

Marc (Leo) originated the role of Talk Show Host in the 1981 Broadway production of Merrily We Roll Along, and most recently appeared as Rabbi in Fiddler in LA at La Mirada Theater (Jason Alexander/Tevye) , and will be appearing as Rabbi in Porthouse Theater’s upcoming summer production of Fiddler (do we sense a pattern here?). Other roles include Mushnik (Little Shop of Horrors), Turpin (Sweeney Todd) , Mister Mister (The Cradle Will Rock), Mysterious Man (Into The Woods), Chairman (Mystery of Edwin Drood), Grumio (Taming of the Shrew), Ezekiel Cheever (The Crucible), Redlich (Bell, Book, and Candle), Malvolio (Twelfth Night), Caius (Merry Wives of Windsor), Claudius (Hamlet) , Joe Boyd ( Damn Yankees), Interlocutor (The Scottsboro Boys), Murray (The Odd Couple) , Sheftel (Yentl), Otto Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), Emperor Joseph (Amadeus), Touchstone ( As You Like It) , Old Shepherd (Winter's Tale), Al Lewis (Sunshine Boys), and Roger (She Stoops to Conquer). Theatres: Goodman , Long Wharf, New Harmony, Dobama, Karamu, Porthouse, Oberlin Summer Theatre , Idaho Shakespeare, Carousel Dinner Theatre, Pittsburgh Public, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Riverside Shakespeare, Cleveland Playhouse, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Rubber City, None Too Fragile, and Human Race . Marc was the Founder / Director of Cleveland's successful Improv Troupe - GIANT PORTIONS. He has taught Improv at ImprovOlympic and Second City in Chicago, and throughout the country. Marc has taught acting at AMDA and CAP 21 in NYC and was a Guest Artist/ Instructor at Cornell. Marc has also taught acting and communications at John Carroll University and Lakeland College. He is the Vice-President of MainStreet Musicals ( http://www.mainstreetmusicals.org) , A New York-based based organization committed to nurturing new works regionally which boasts a board that includes John Lithgow and Patti Lupone. Directing Credits include: Art , A Raisin in the Sun, Christmas Schooner, (TrueNorth Theatre) , Hellcab, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune ( Blank Canvas Theatre), The Walworth Farce, Gutenberg! The Musical! , Tigers Be Still (Dobama Theatre) , Shine (Starring Hal Linden) , Three Guys Naked From the Waist Down, Don't Dress For Dinner , Unnecessary Farce ( Weathervane Playhouse) , A Broadway Christmas Carol ( Clague Playhouse), 39 Steps (Weathervane Theatre , New Hampshire) , Frankenstein 1930 (Geauga Lyric Guild) , Pajama Game (Magnificat HS ). Marc was in the Returning Professional Program at Kent State University where he received his MFA. He has two beautiful children - Sarah and Joseph. A shout out to Mitchell Fields who has been a lifelong friend and mentor. Grateful to share the boards with you.

NEELY GEVAART

Dr. Martin Friedman

Jeffrey Sweet

Jeffrey Sweet's plays—including Porch, The Value of Names, and Routed—have been presented off-Broadway, internationally, and in a variety of regional and developmental theatres. His American Enterprises won the American Theatre Critics Association Award for play-writing. His book for the musical What About Luv? won the Outer Critics Circle Award, and he is the author of the book and co-author (with composer Melissa Manchester) of the lyrics for the musical I Sent a Letter to My Love. Sweet has written drama, sitcom, miniseries, and TV movies for ABC, NBC, and CBS. His work has won the Writers Guild of America Award and been nominated twice for the Emmy.