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His woman left him, he’s broke, and it’s almost five o’clock in the morning. But don’t worry about our hero. All he needs is the right music—and the right guys—to get him through. Enter five guys named Moe, stepping out through his radio to cajole, comfort and jazz him with dozens of whimsical hit songs from the extraordinary Louis Jordan. An international sensation, Five Guys Named Moe is an exhilarating, all-embracing musical experience.
(Big Moe) is a native New Yorker and has a BFA from The Hartt School of Music. Some of his recent/favorite credits include South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, Dreamgirls,Central Avenue Breakdown (NYMF/DIMF), Five Guys Named Moe, The Buddy Holly Story, Tommy, Parade and A Christmas Carol. Sheldon is also more
(Nomax) is making his Cleveland Play House debut. Credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Violet, Ford’s Theatre; Cinderella, Olney Theatre Center; and Signature Theatre’s world premiere of Brother Russia. He received a Helen Hayes nomination for his portrayal of Newt Lee/Jim Conley in the Ford’s more
(Eat Moe) is ecstatic to be welcomed into the Cleveland Play House family to perform this amazing role. His favorite credits include Once on This Island, TheatreWorks in the Silicon Valley, which won three TBA awards; Broadway national tour of Seussical The Musical, Theatreworks USA;Shrek the Musical, Weathervane Repertory more
(No Moe) is honored to make his Cleveland Play House debut. Additional credits include My Fair Lady and readings of Oracle and Redhand Guitar, Arena Stage;A Year with Frog and Toad, Adventure Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination, Outstanding Actor in Supporting Role); The Stephen Schwartz Project, Metro Stage; Hairspray andShowboat, more
(Four-Eyed Moe) is thrilled to be making his Cleveland Play House debut! Favorite regional credits includeHair, American Theater Company; The Color Purple, The Mercury Theater Chicago; Sweet Charity, Writers' Theater;Hairspray, Drury Lane Oakbrook; Chicago, Peninsula Players;Pippin, BoHo Theater; and The Petrified Forest, Strawdog Theater. Television credits include Jennifer Hudson's more
(Little Moe) was in the original Broadway cast of The Scottsboro Boys. He toured with the show regionally to The Old Globe, ACT, The Ahmanson Theatre and The Philadelphia Theatre Company (Barrymore nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical) and performed in the U.K. premiere at the Young more
(Costume Designer) At Cleveland Play House: Five Guys Named Moe. Dede’s Off-Broadway credits include: School Girls (MCC); Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Signature); The Royale (Lincoln Center); Tell Hector I Miss Him, Marie & Rosetta (Atlantic); Ugly Lies the Bone (Roundabout); brownsville song [b-side for tray] (LCT3); Twelfth Night, more
(Assistant Choreographer) is a recent graduate from NYU/Tisch School of the Arts’ Department of Drama's New Studio on Broadway. There, he performed in productions of The Boyfriend, Summertime and Company. Other credits include Violet, Spring Awakening, Ragtime and most recently Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party at Tisch Drama StageWorks. more
(Choreographer) off-Broadway credits include Langston inHarlem. His regional credits include Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ensemble Theatre Company, Alliance Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Play House, Arizona Theatre Company, Center Stage (Baltimore), Pasadena Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Trinity Repertory Company and Two River Theater Company. Honors include a 2011 Stage Directors more
(Stage Manager) was Cleveland Play House's resident stage manager from 2001 to 2008 and returned to CPH in the fall of 2011. "Most recently, John stage managed A New Brain at Barrington Stage Company. John has also stage managed at North Shore Music Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, The more
(Assistant Stage Manager) serves as an Assistant Professor for the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University, where he teaches courses in Stage Management, Production Management, Theatre Management, and an intro course to computing software for the theatre practitioner. Tom has been a part of the more
(Music Director) is pleased to return to Cleveland Play House. Originally from Hampton, Virginia, Darryl is now based in New York City. He has been heavily involved in the fields of jazz, rhythm & blues, pop and musical theatre since 1986. He made his Broadway debut as assistant musical more
(Lighting Designer) is a freelance lighting designer based in New York. Selected credits include Five Guys Named Moe and The Mountaintop(associate design), Arena Stage; Bootycandy (associate design), Playwrights Horizons; Punk Rock (associate design), MCC Theater; One Man, Two Guvnors, Cape Repertory Theatre; The Music Man, Two River/NJPAC;clean/through, Catastrophic Theatre; more
(Sound Designer) Broadway: Slave Play (Tony nominations for Best Score and Best Sound Design of a Play), The Nap, Bronx Bombers, and A Time to Kill. Off-Broadway: Privacy (The Public Theater), Bootycandy (Playwrights Horizons), Feeding the Dragon (Primary Stages), Top Secret (New York Theatre Workshop) and many others. Regional: more
(Composer) was a bandleader in the 1940s who pioneered a wildly popular blend of jazz and blues. The swinging shuffle rhythms played by singer/saxophonist Jordan and his Tympany Five got called “jump blues” or “jumpin’ jive,” and it served as a forerunner of rhythm and blues and rock ‘n’ more
(Director) received the NAACP Best Director Award for his direction of Eclipsed. He received the 2010 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play for Antebellum and an Obie Award for his direction of the world premiere of the critically acclaimed In the Continuum. He wrote and directed the world more
(Playwright) is an actor, singer and writer. He earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for writing the revue Five Guys Named Moe. As an actor, he has appeared on Broadway in The Iceman Cometh (Theatre World Award) and in the revival of Chicago. Clarke’s more
(Scenic Designer) previously designed sets and costumes for Cleveland Play House's The Life of Galileo. Other recent/current credits include the Broadway productions of The Elephant Man and Violet at Roundabout Theatre Company and Here Lies Love in New York and London. Clint also designed sets and costumes for Appropriate more
(Assistant Director) is happy to return to Cleveland where he graduated from Cleveland School of the Arts and represented his school and city as the National Shakespeare Competition Champion. Jeremy’s previous directing credits include The Wedding Singer, The Three Sisters, The Doctor In Spite of Himself, Tartuffe, The more
(Projection Designer) is a Brooklyn-based designer and multi-award winner. Select Broadway credits include Macbeth, A Time to Kill, Bring It On and33 Variations. Off-Broadway credits include Fortress of Solitude, The Last Five Years, This Clement World, Tribes, Slug Bearers of Kayrol Island and The Accidental Trilogy. Regional credits include more
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1407 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115
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