He has directed productions of Oklahoma!, The Diviners, Lysistrata, On the Verge, Honk!, The Wild Party, and A New Brain. Baars also serves as Assistant Artistic Director of Porthouse Theatre where he has directed Pump Boys and Dinettes and Dames at Sea and choreography for Once On This Island, Big River, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Fantasticks. He is a member of Actors Equity Association and the Society of Directors and Choreographers.