He and Richard Woodbury composed original incidental musical for Martin McDonagh's play, "The Beauty Queen of Leenane," at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois with Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Fitzgerald, and Rick Snyder in the cast. Randall Arney was director.
He and Richard Woodbury were nominated for a 1999 Joseph Jefferson Award for Original Incidental Music for "The Beauty Queen of Leenane" at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.