He played Brother John in Paul Sills' play, "The Coming of Bildad," at the Playwrights Theatre Club in Chicago, Illinois with Eugene Troobnick (Bildad); Paul Sills (Peleg); Owen Canliffe (Jered); Bob Michaels (Friend); Joy Grodzins (Marta); Edward Asner (Brother Thomas); Creighton Clarke (Brother Samuel); Zohra Alton and Estelle Luttrell (street vendors); and Jean Mowry (Anora) in the cast. David Shepherd was director.