He previously served on the faculty of the University of North Texas Theatre Arts Department and the University of Oklahoma School of Drama. He has worked extensively with the professional production companies such as WaterTower Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theatre, and Circle Theatre in the Dallas/Fort Worth area; the Adirondack Theatre Festival in New York, and the Pollard Theatre in Oklahoma. He has also designed for the University of North Texas Opera and the Oklahoma University School of Dance. He served as Assistant to Broadway veteran designer William Eckart on several productions including the world premiere of Three Coins in the Fountain at the Saint Louis Muny. In 2005 he received a Leon Rabin Award, best set design, for his work on the musical Cabaret at WaterTower Theatre.