Don has been active in theatre, on a variety of levels, for about 25 years. In that time he has appeared most often (more than 30 times) with the Des Plaines Theatre Guild, for whom he served as a Board member for more than a decade. His past credits include Claudius in Hamlet, both Leonato and his brother Antonio in different productions of Much Ado About Nothing, Agean in The Comedy of Errors, and Lord Capulet, twice, in Romeo & Juliet. In addition to these, his favorite credits include Milo Tindle in Sleuth, Trojan in Equus, Gooper in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Otto Frank in Diary of Anne Frank, Dr. Sheinfeld in E/R Emergency Room and Master of Ceremonies William Cartwright in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, as well as parts in Grease, Pippin, Cabaret and Chicago. He has most recently appeared as Carrasco in Man of LaMancha (his second time in the role) and Dr. Bradman in Blithe Spirit. Other challenges have been Threepenny Opera, Mame, Robin Hood, H.M.S. Pinafore, Pirates of Penzance, and as Krapp in the one-man Beckett piece Krapp's Last Tape. Don is a former participant in the ImprovOlympics, has appeared onstage with deejay Steve Dahl, and has appeared for five years at the Bristol Renaissance Faire (as Lt. Col. Sir Hannibal Wulffe) in the summer and at Great America's Fright Fest in the fall. Behind the curtain, he has co-produced productions of Night of January 16th, The Who's Tommy and A Chorus Line, and has worked behind the scenes on Sweeney Todd, Our Town, Stop the World, A Thurber Carnival, The Mousetrap, Bells are Ringing, Joseph & His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Steel Magnolias and dozens more. He has studied theatre and acting at both Loyola and Roosevelt universities.