(1999 - 2002) Early regional stage work includes acting in A Midsummer Night's Dream, All In The Timing, Romeo and Juliet, Tartuffe, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Picnic, Playing for Time, Dancing at Lughnasa, For Whom The Southern Belle Tolls, Dr. Strangelove (also director and stage adaptation), It Won't Go Sideways (also director/writer), Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, The Man Who Came To Dinner, Lady Windermere's Fan, and Oklahoma! (nominated for 2002 Betty Buckley Best Supporting Actor Award).