During his Chicago sojourn, Ted also completed a producer internship for The Second City Chicago and directed 8 Feet Under for the 2005 Chicago Improv Festival. He left the US for Vancouver where he sold his first painting, worked on various film/TV projects and finished his one act play "Fat Chick".

Ted's favourite credits include Twelfth Night, Lend Me a Tenor, The Second City National Touring Company, Naked Boys Singing (Chicago) and Neutrino (Toronto and New York). Ted also runs a successful theatre company (Aunt Patti Productions) which has produced/created new works for the Toronto Fringe Festival, the Toronto International Improv Festival, the Chicago Improv Festival and the Vancouver Improv Festival. He holds a degree in musical theatre, bakes his own bread and ate a whole roast beef one time.