After playing in various rock bands in his teens, Don apprenticed as an actor at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego where he got his equity card when he was twenty. He's had a long association with that Tony-winning theater and in 1994 was made an associate artist. He's also worked at many of the top regional theatres including the Mark Taper Forum, Williamstown, the Long Wharf, the Geffen, Ariizona Theatre Company, South Coast Rep as well as many productions across Canada. He made his Broadway debut playing the coach in the Tony-winner for Best Play, "Take Me Out". Don is also a published songwriter who performs his own songs in clubs and coffee houses. His wife Claudia is a busy voice and dialect coach. They live in the Wallkill Valley in New York with their two dogs, Riley and Scout.