 Wooten is a founding member and Producing Artistic Director of Premiere Stages.Wooten is the resident director for the Peter Ustinov screenwriting competition presented each year by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences  Before being hired in 2004 to launch Premiere Stages, Wooten served ten seasons as Artistic Director of TheatreFest, where he produced and or/directed over fifty professional Equity productions.Wooten's plays have been produced Off-Broadway and his premieres include The Role of Della, an ATL finalist.