He played Jenkins in Rudolf Friml's operetta, "The Firefly," at the Blackstone Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Grazia Aurelia & Beverly Shearer (Nina); Frank Melton (Jack Travers); Gloria Ware (Geraldine Van Dare); Kay Dealya (Mrs. Oglesby Van Dare); Gloria Evans (Suzette); Sparky Kaye (Pietro); Jack Baxley (Herr Franz) and Hank Henry (Hugo Gessett) in the cast.