Patrick an Akron native, was last seen on the Weathervane stage as Uncle Ernie in The Who's Tommy, and Harry in the incredible sell-out run of Mamma Mia! His other recent Weathervane  credits  include Mae Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie,Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, and James Wicker in It’s Only A Play. Past years have seen him as King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, Crumpet the Elf in The Santa Land Diaries; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Vanya), The Man Who Came to Dinner (Beverly Carlton), for which he won a Chanticleer Award, and Margaret Mead in Hair. More credits at Weathervane include The Roar of the Greasepaint—The Smell of the Crowd (Sir), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Lawrence), Xanadu (Calliope/Aphrodite) and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Chairman). He made his debut at on our stage in his dream role, Man in Chair, in The Drowsy Chaperone, for which he also won a Chanticleer Award, after relocating back to Akron from San Francisco, where he had been acting professionally for 20 years. In San Francisco, his portrayal of Jerry Springer in Jerry Springer the Opera garnered him a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Best Actor nomination. He also received a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor nomination for his portrayal of The Stepmother in Cinderella at CCMT.