(2013-2014 Season) Ashleigh LaThrop and Joel Reitsma appeared in Simon Stephens' play, "Motortown," at the Steep Theatre Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA; for which Reitsma was nominated for a 2014 Joseph Jefferson Non-Equity Award as Principal Actor (male) for a Play.
He was nominated for a 2019 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Performer in a Principal Role in a Play for "Birdland" at the Steep Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.