has acted and directed Off-Broadway, at the Kennedy Center, and at over 20 regional theatres across the USA, including the Guthrie, Arena Stage, Long Wharf, Pittsburgh Public, Cincinnati Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arizona Theatre Company, Gloucester Stage, Chamber Music Northwest, and Invisible Theatre, Tucson, among others. He played Norman Granz in the national tour of Ella. He was head of acting/musical theatre at the University of Arizona School of Theatre, Film, and Television for many years and is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus. He was founding artistic director of the Arizona Repertory Theatre. The Harold Dixon Directing Studio is named for him. Last year, he served as the dialect coach for Scrooge! at ATC.
