David's work began in the gritty and experimental Chicago storefront theater scene and moved into the Shakespeare festival circuit before expanding into original film and community-based storytelling. Twenty years of stages, classrooms, and greasepaint later, the through-line is the same: honor the text, tell the story. Or as one of his mentors once said: "text über alles" (text above all else). His debut short The Alibi — drawn from his own life, set on a single afternoon in 1982 — premiered at the 25th Beverly Hills Film Festival and was selected for the Palm Springs Shorts market. With partner Allison Sanchez, he runs False Dice Productions, built on the belief that if you have a really great story... it should be heard!