Often accused of being a renaissance man and Über-rocker by his friends and colleagues, David's professional career has been, to steal a line from Paul McCartney, "a long and winding road".

David's Acting credits include The Fort Peck Summer Theater (Fort Peck, Montana) where he appeared as Charlemagne in Pippin and Zorba in Zorba. His Bigfork Summer Playhouse (Bigfork, Montana) credits include Charlemagne in Pippin, Cap'n Andy in Showboat and Senator Billboard Rawkins in Finian's Rainbow. At the Missoula Children's Theater David appeared as Tony in The Most Happy Fella, Matthew in Harry Chapin's Cottonpatch Gospel, Mr. Snow in Carousel, Judd Fry in Oklahoma, Judas in Godspell, Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, The Cowardly Lion in The Wiz and Edward Rutledge in 1776. His credits with the University of Montana School of Fine Arts include Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls, Captain Corcoran in HMS Pinafore and Don José in Carmen. As an Artist in Residence for the Wyoming Council on the Arts, David appeared as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof at Casper College in Casper, Wyoming.

Mr. Simmons' regional and national acting credits include Matthew in numerous national tours of Cottonpatch Gospel and Stephen King in the national tour of Stephen King's Ghost Stories. Film, video and voiceover credits include Officer Hegg in the independent feature Justice and Spinoza, the Bear Who Speaks from the Heart in It's Fun to Be You and Me and countless character voices in numerous educational videos. There are also a few plush squeeze toys out there with David's mellifluous voice being called forth when you squeeze the teddy bear or arctic hare in just the right spot.

During his time living in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota David was a member of the resident acting company for The Children's Theater Company where he appeared as The Executioner in The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the voice of Smaug the Dragon in The Hobbit and Eddie in David Rabe's Hurlyburly. While with the Chanhassen Dinner Theaters, David performed the roles of The Phantom in Yeston & Kopit's Phantom and Julian Marsh in the classic musical 42^nd Street. Additional Twin Cities acting credits include Matthew in the Radisson Playhouse production of Cottonpatch Gospel, Christopher Columbus in Sink The Ships and at The Mixed Blood Theater, Bernard in the St. Steven's Theater Project's Home At Seven, Company Member in the world premiere of The Last Minstrel Show for Penumbra Theater, Kennedy in The Postman Always Rings Twice with The Minnesota Opera and The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz at The Chimera Theater.

David's directing credits include The Missoula Children's Theater touring production of Snow White & The Seven Dwarves and Bigfork Summer Playhouse productions of Li'l Abner, Paint Your Wagon, Man Of La Mancha, Anything Goes, Where's Charlie, Annie Get Your Gun, The Diary of Adam and Eve, and Cabaret.

Twin Cities directing credits include The Changeling at Carleton College, Godspell and I Hear America… for the Morris Park Players, Sink The Ships: Columbus on The Beach for The Mixed Blood Theater, The Fantasticks at The Moundsview Community Theater and the Lakeshore Player's production of The Pirates of Penzance.

Music directing credits include The Sound of Music, 1776, Godspell and Cottonpatch Gospel with The Missoula Children's Theater and Annie Get Your Gun for The Bigfork Summer Playhouse. Twin Cities music direction includes productions of Godspell and Annie Get Your Gun for the Morris Park Players, Sink The Ships: Columbus on The Beach, Fire In The Bones and Mad Dancers for The Mixed Blood Theater, The Fantasticks at The Moundsview Community Theater, the Lakeshore Player's production of The Pirates of Penzance and SteppingStone Theater's productions of Young MLK: And A Child Shall Lead, Ruby: The Ruby Bridges Story, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood.

David's credits as a composer and lyricist include the international tours of Alice in Wonderland for The Missoula Children's Theater and Mr. Pickwick's Christmas for Troupe America. David has also created numerous soundtracks for the Minneapolis Planetarium, Fire in the Bones, Mad Dancers and Sink the Ships for The Mixed Blood Theater and Coyote Discovers America for The Children's Theater Company of Minneapolis. Best known in the Twin Cities for his work with SteppingStone Theater, David has written the music and lyrics for the following SteppingStone Theater productions: The Prince & The Pauper, Alice's Rockin' Adventure, Jack And The Beanstalk, The Children of Christmas, Jingle All The Way, The Marvelous Land Of Oz, Alice In Wonderland, Aesop's Fables, The Little Red Hen, Ruby: The Ruby Bridges Story, Wolf Tales and Cinderella Stories.

An accomplished playwright as well, David's script work includes The Return to Cavendish Hill and Alice in Wonderland for The Missoula Children's Theater. His Twin Cities credits include the international touring production of Mr. Pickwick's Christmas for Troupe America, numerous scripts for The Small Change Original Theater, and the following SteppingStone Theater productions: The Prince & The Pauper, Alice's Rockin' Adventure, Jack And The Beanstalk, The Children of Christmas, Jingle All The Way, The Wonderful Land Of Oz, Alice In Wonderland, Aesop's Fables, The Little Red Hen, Wolf Tales and Cinderella Stories.

David comes from a family of educators. His teaching experience spans over 30 years and includes classes in acting, solo singing and choral music for the following organizations: Hellgate High School, The Missoula Children's Theater, The Children's Theater Company of Minneapolis, SteppingStone Theater, Casper College (Casper, Wyoming), The University of Montana Summer Music Workshop, Transitions High School (Minneapolis, Minnesota) and Crosswinds Middle School (St. Paul, Minnesota). These experiences range from one day workshops to one year residencies.

A versatile musician (vocalist, guitarist & bassist), David has performed music from Brahms to Zeppelin throughout Asia, the USSR, Europe, Canada and the USA. He has sung with the Minnesota Opera in performances of Casanova's Homecoming and South Pacific and was the featured baritone soloist in The Messiah, Schubert's Mass in G, the Bach Christmas Cantata and most recently Brahms' Ein Deutches Requiem with the Missoula Symphony Chorale; only to return home and scream out Led Zeppelin's "Dancin' Days" on the main stage of the new Guthrie Theater.

Currently, David serves as Coordinator of Contemporary Worship Music for Incarnation Lutheran Church in Suburban St. Paul, Minnesota. During his nine years with Incarnation, David has also recorded six CD's of his music with The U*B*U Band; "U*B*U", "Drink It Up", "Yes I Can", "I Believe", "When The World Sings Together" and the forthcoming "Feed The Hungry". A true practitioner of the axiom, "If you steal from one composer it's plagiarism. If you steal from more it's original", David's music is best described as a mix between Santana, The Doobie Brothers, James Taylor, YES, Stephen Schwartz and Bob Marley (with a touch of Brahms tossed in for good measure). David's inspirational lyrics come from the pages of his life experiences as a grateful recovering alcoholic/addict.

David holds a 1^st degree black belt in tae kwon do and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has one son, 16 year old Niko, who is developing into a wonderful young man and a very talented guitarist/saxophone player.