A Colorado native with Texas roots, Troy holds an MA in Theatre & Performance Studies from the University of Colorado Boulder and a BFA from Colorado State University. He completed The Second City Training Center Conservatory Program in his adopted hometown of Chicago. Troy toured the country, falling down a lot with The National Theatre for Children, was repeatedly killed with the brilliantly irreverent Defiant Theatre (RIP), and overcame any vestige of modesty with the fabulously campy Hell in a Handbag Productions.

Experienced and trained in stage combat, he has enjoyed serving as Fight Captain for Foothills Theatre Company in Colorado for their Shakespeare in the Park productions. Favorite roles include Marcus in The Book of Will (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Stephano in The Tempest (Foothills Theatre Company), Eglamour in Two Gentlemen of Verona (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), and Laertes in Hamlet (Foothills Theatre Company). Troy is a proud AEA and SAG/AFTRA member and is grateful for all his union's work to provide safer working conditions.

From his first-ever role at CSU in Extremities, he has tended to play the more horrible characters. With an arsenal of scumbags, ne’er-do-wells, and frequent stage deaths (as many as 5x in a single show - twice), Troy has developed a strong interest in bad-guy roles. At CU Boulder, Troy had the chance to take this experience and affinity with the characters we love to hate and make it the focus of his research - villains and performer wellness. Specifically, he is looking at the methodology of playing villains to discover the impact of roles that inflict unjustified physical or emotional harm on others to understand better how to prioritize safety and mental health for the performers on and off stage. In short, he will develop approaches to playing villains that avoid creating genuine villainous experiences.

Published in his first year as a Ph.D. student, Troy's article in the Thornton Wilder Journal explores the inclination of humans to seek solace in luxury as a response to shared hardship, as depicted in Wilder's one-act play, The Pullman Car Hiawatha. "The Uncoupling of Humanity Aboard the Pullman Car Hiawatha" is available in the Thornton Wilder Journal (2023) 4 (2): 200–222. (https://doi.org/10.5325/thorntonwilderj.4.2.0200).

Outside the theatrical realm, Troy is an accomplished distance runner (mainly marathons), quiet vegan, and animal activist. He loves nothing more than a good rainstorm, a hot cup of coffee, and doting heavily with his wife on their Westie, Maggie Mayhem.