Letscher got his first professional acting job with a role in The Tropic Pickle, during the second season of Jeff Daniels' Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan. Letscher impressed Daniels enough that the veteran arranged a meeting for Letscher with Ron Maxwell, the director of Gettysburg.
Letscher secured his first professional acting job in The Tropic Pickle during Jeff Daniels' second season at the Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan. His performance caught Daniels' eye, prompting an introduction to Ron Maxwell, who directed Gettysburg.