Wayne is grateful to have had the opportunity to collaborate with many of the New York region's fine opera companies such as New York City Opera, the Glimmerglass Festival, New Rochelle Opera, Lighthouse Opera and State Repertory Opera of New Jersey as well as with many of the country's critically-acclaimed Equity stages and regional opera companies from coast to coast in such roles as Scarpia (Tosca), Marcello (La boheme), Danilo (The Merry Widow), Gaston (Beauty & the Beast), Enjorlas (Les Miserables), Cinderella's Prince & Wolf (Into the Woods), Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Bello (La Fanciulla del West), Sir Sagrimore (Camelot) and title roles in Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro and The King & I etc etc etc.


Following the forced pandemic government shutdown in 2020, Wayne took an extended hiatus to concentrate on personal matters, but has recently returned to the stage as Horatio in an outdoor summer presentation of Hamlet at Shakespeare in the Litchfield Hills produced by Shakesperience Productions, Inc. and will star as the troubled Heathcliff in the little opera of new york's upcoming Wuthering Heights by Carlisle Floyd in New York's first fully-staged production of this deeply moving work based off of Bronte's classic novel since it's debut in 1958.


In 2027, Wayne will be under new representation, but through December 2026, professional inquiries may be submitted through the email link to the left. He may also be contacted for individual (one-off) lessons/coachings for audition/role prep but unfortunately does not have availability in his studio for new students at this time. Rates start at $150/hr and requests for a session/consult or to join the waitlist for studio consideration may be made via email link to the left. He holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in music education and performance respectively and was a recipient of the Wilfred Bain Opera Fellowship during his graduate studies at Indiana Univeristy.