(2009 to 2010 season) He was lyricist and writer for the musical, "Violet," in a Theater Latte Da and Guthrie Theater presentation production at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Dowling Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Joe Dowling was artistic director. Jeanine Tesori was composer. Doris Betts wrote the story, "The Ugliest Pilgrim."
Jeanine Tesori and his musical, "Violet" at the Griffin Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2018 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.