A member of the Actors’ Equity Association, he founded the Irondale Ensemble Project in Canada and serves as its artistic director. While a faculty member at Syracuse University, Cross has directed the Department of Drama’s production of "Lysistrata" during the 2010-2011 season, and, in Syracuse Stage’s 2011 co-production of "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," he played the roles of “Maugrim” and “Rumblebuffin.”