He acted in Marsha Norman's stage adaptation of "The Secret Garden" based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel at the Apple Tree Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with David Studwell, Sara Davis, and Heather Johnson in the cast. Ellen Boevers was musical director.
He was nominated for a 2005 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.