Charles is a writer, director and designer. He began his partnership with Frederique Michel in 1985 with her production of Miss Julie, and he has designed all of her work since then. He has won two Dramalogue awards for production design and in 1999 won the L.A. Weekly Theater Award for Best Lighting Design for George Sand: An Erotic Odyssey in Seven Tableaux (1998). He was nominated for two L.A. Weekly awards for MedeaText: Los Angeles/Despoiled Shore (2000): Best Adaptation, and Best Set. He was nominated again for two L.A. Weekly awards for Frederick of Prussia/GeorgeWís Dream of Sleep (2001): Best Adaptation, and Production Design. In 2004 his play Patriot Act: A Reality Show was selected from nearly 200 entrees from six nations as the winner of the the Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Anti-Corruption Playwriting Contest.