In April 1996, Davies appeared as Petruchio in Shakespeare's "The Taming of The Shrew", directed by Patrick Tucker of the Original Shakespeare Company. This three-performance run was presented as Shakespeare's own players may have done - with sparse rehearsal, eclectic costuming and rotating roles. In Spring 1998 he appeared in the Moises Kaufmann production "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde" at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. "Gross Indecency" earned the Garland Award for "Best Ensemble Cast from Backstage West" that year.