Bailey has been hard at work putting together an adaptation of Mark Twain's The Diary of Adam and Eve, which hit the stage on Thursday and runs through Saturday at St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Waterdown. He anticipates the production, the story of Adam and Eve "With a little bit of a comedic twist to it," will be "very well received" by the Flamborough community and the St. Thomas congregation.

"It's a great way of taking a story we are all familiar with and it teaches you a great deal about love and relationships," he said.

Four years ago, Bailey directed a production for a local church in Dundas. Shortly afterward, members of St. Thomas approached him about putting on a play for the Waterdown parish.

"As soon as they asked me, I got my acceptance letter from New York for school, so I went off to school," he explained.

Having just graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, Bailey now has the time to focus on mounting a theatrical performance for St. Thomas. Instead of working alongside members of the church, Bailey suggested he bring his own cast and crew from New York.

"I asked my friends in New York and they were excited about the idea," he said, adding that five other members of his production company, After-Party Productions, will be joining him on stage and behind the scenes in The Diary of Adam and Eve.

In addition to directing the performance, Bailey will be playing the role of Adam. "It's one of those plays you love to do as an actor," he said. "You get to have fun with it."

Currently residing in Manhattan, Bailey hopes to have a few of his production company's short films featured in film festivals and aspires to produce some of his own feature films.

Describing the film industry as "tough" he said, "You have to deal with a whole lot of rejection. It's not so much what you know, it's who you know."

The Diary of Adam and Eve is slated to run April 24-26 at St. Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church (715 Centre Rd., Waterdown). The doors open at 7 p.m.; the curtain will rise at 8. Tickets are $12 and can be obtained by contacting the church at 905-689-4587.