Gourley has acted in, directed, and worked on the technical side of productions in the Los Angeles area since the early 1990s, including as Curly in Of Mice and Men, Antipholus in The Comedy of Errors, Dogberry's henchman in Much Ado About Nothing, Orville in The Doctor In Spite of Himself, Hal in Loot, Brindsley in Black Comedy, the Director of Tooth and Nail at the Little Fish Theatre, and as a set/lighting designer on The Complete Works of william Shakespeare (abridged). Gourley did video work and set design for multiple productions of Fellowship!.