Jim has worked as an actor, singer, director and coach in the Twin Cities for several years.  Favorite roles include Polonious in Hamlet (Theatre Coup d'Etat), Lorenzo the Unfeeling in Melancholy Play: A Musical (Theatre Elision), Appopolus in Wonderful Town (Skylark Opera), Trotter in Journey’s End (Gremlin Theatre), Gleaton in Susannah (Theatre Latte Da), and Florestan in Mixed Precipitation's version of Beethoven's Fidelio.

Jim is also an experienced dialect coach,  and has successfully coached many different accents for Ivey Award winning productions by several local companies, including  Theatre Elision, Girl Friday Productions, and Theatre Coup d'Etat.

He has performed as a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, The Minneapolis Pops Orchestra, The Des Moines Symphophiny, and other organizations.  He is the tenor soloist at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in downtown Minneapolis.