He moved to Los Angeles and began teaching acting at the VanMar Academy and later at Take One Studios.

He began writing while in Los Angeles, creating pilots for three sit-coms, “To Be or Not To Be,” “TR and D.O.L.L.,” and “To Your Health” which was briefly considered for development by CBS.

Screenplays include: “The Little Thing,” “A Different Kind of Egghead,” “The Elementalist,” and “Prey.”

Returning to St Louis, he partnered with composer, Donna Perrino, at Perrino Productions and wrote a series of promotional musicals for Northwest Plaza as well as a musical about Paul Revere titled Patriot and – for First Night – the musical When Cows Kneel and Pray.

After a ten year hiatus, he returned to writing and entered his play Capacity in competition with First Run Theatre. The play will be produced in June 2004 at Desmet High School.

Currently, he is working on his next play Pop On Over and collaborating with Donna Perrino on their next musical Advancing the Board and the jazz opera, Affiatati.

As an actor, he has performed in over 75 productions, including: Master Sparkish in “The Country Wife,” Van Helsing in “Dracula,” Conjur Man in “Dark of the Moon,” John Adams in “1776,” Linus in “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” and Cyrano in “Cyrano De Bergerac.”

As a designer, he has designed sets for 25 productions, including: “Butterflies are Free,” “Waiting for Godot,” “The Effects of Radiation on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” “Equus,” “Mary, Mary,”  “The Seahorse,” and “American Buffalo.”

He has painted sets for 15 productions, including: “The Apple Tree,” “Twelfth Night,” “The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail,” and “Man of La Mancha.”

He has built props for 7 productions, including: “Antigone,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Godspell,” and “Amahl and the Night Visitors.”

He has done graphics for many productions, including: “Equus,” “The Seahorse,” “Cavalleria Rusticana,” and “The Mousetrap.”

As a writer, he has seen productions of his plays: Manroot, A Circle of Friends, Catharsis, Impotents, Potluck, Late Afternoon and his musical Ye Gods!