Stage work Roche played the role of
Droog Pete in the 2004–2005 New York City theatrical production of the play
A Clockwork Orange by
Anthony Burgess at the
Ensemble Studio Theatre and
59E59 Theaters and played
Faber in the 2006 New York City theatrical premiere of
Fahrenheit 451 by
Ray Bradbury at 59E59 Theaters. The productions were both directed by Joe Tantalo and were produced by Tantalo's
Drama Desk Award-winning Godlight Theatre Company. He performed in both
A Clockwork Orange and
Fahrenheit 451 when they transferred from New York City to the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland. Roche played Humphrey James in the 2007 Off-Broadway In 2020, he performed the role of Larry Slade in
Eugene O'Neill's play
The Iceman Cometh in the two-part
Zoom premiere on
YouTube Live as a
benefit performance for the
Actors Fund during the
COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Roche performed the role of the Husband in Clark Kee's adaptation of
Arthur Schnitzler's play
La Ronde (Reigen) entitled
Round Dance. The production was performed at the
IRT Theatre in New York City in 2022. He played the role of Judge Brack in an updated version of
Henrik Ibsen's play
Hedda Gabler, directed and adapted by Robert Greer, at the Theatre for the New City with the
August Strindberg Repertory Theatre. In 2023, Roche performed the role of Gustav in a new production of
August Strindberg's play
Creditors at the Theatre for the New City with the August Strindberg Repertory Theatre, directed and adapted by Robert Greer. Roche played the role of the longshoreman Meathead in the American premiere of an adaptation of
Arthur Miller's screenplay
The Hook, adapted by
Ron Hutchinson and directed by Claire Beckman at the
Waterfront Museum Barge in
Red Hook, Brooklyn, with the
Brave New World Repertory Theatre in 2023. ==Personal life==