Daniel Gilchrist began his love of theatre in high school where his initial interests were in the productionwriting areas Upon graduating he began working and volunteering for local theatre productions in his hometown of Topeka Kansas His first starring role was as The Creature in Topeka Civic Theatre and Academys run of Frankenstein He went on to have featured roles in Macbeth Scrooge Arsenic and Old Lace The Tempest and The Addams Family as well as Washburn University productions of Elephant Graveyard and Uncle Vanya He received his BA in theatre from Washburn in 2012 Daniel attributes his love of the theatre to his older brother Brendan Gilchrist who died in 2007