In the summer of 1973, between his two years at Cornell University, Bill started his professional acting career by playing Hamlet at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. "It was heaven. Playing one of the greatest roles ever written and getting paid for it was a fabulous revelation. I had a wonderful time. At one point I remember trading four tickets to my Hamlet for a pair of Earth Shoes. This was heady stuff!"

After finishing his MFA at Cornell the journey began in earnest. The first job was with the Florida Studio Theatre. The tiny company toured high schools and prisons all over the south with a production of Samuel Beckett's End Game. After a season of that, Bill traveled north and found work at the Street Theatre in Boston. (more)