He directed the following stage productions at the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois. They are "Carter's Way" in 2008; "Mother Courage and Her Children" in 2001; "Slaughterhouse-Five" in 1996; "Slavs!" and "Nomathemba (Hope)" in 1995; "Evelyn and The Polka King" in 1993; "Inspecting Carol" in 1992; and "The Grapes of Wrath" in 1988.