Biography

Sang alongside and with Barbra Streisand on her 2007 First Ever European Tour.

Starred as the title character in the World AIDS Day concert of Pippin at The Manhattan Center. The concert was a benefit for The National AIDS Fund

In 1999 he received the Interlochen Arts Academy "Maddy" Summer Artist Award

Attended St. Luke's United Methodist Church in his hometown of Midland, Texas.

He was one of only 12 Presidential Scholars in the Arts (2001).

I act because there are no rules.

Having many interests is a blessing but also sort of problematic. If there are several different things you love to do, it's about putting all these pots on the fire and then moving them around...I tend to overload myself like that; I hope to get to a place where I'm able to focus more. Maybe, at some point, I might decide that I don't want to act for awhile, but I don't want to make that decision right now. If I'm lucky enough to get work, I'll take it. I'll soak it all up and use it when I write between the hours of three and five in the morning.

As an actor, one has to "play dumb" to what is happening next. We have to forget the outcome. Where as a composer, I have to think about the entire piece all the time and be aware of the end at the beginning and visa versa. So, in changing hats, I switch from being a builder to an architect. So, the builder lays a brick one by one to finish the building in chronological order, where as the architect must design the cornerstone to support the steeple. That was, like, eight metaphors.

I trained as a classical actor at Juilliard. I jump at the opportunity to do classical text...But I never in a million years guessed I'd get to play Juliet!

When I saw Master Class on Broadway and I was so moved by the truth I was seeing on stage. I thought to myself "I have to share this with people. That's what I have to do.