Brooks studied theatre and playwriting at Hampshire College under the tutelidge of Len Berkman, Ellen Kaplan, and Davor Diklich. From there he worked at Chester Theatre Company for a year where his play The City That Cried Wolf was workshopped. That play was later used as the premier production of State of Play's 59E59 New York Time's critically acclaimed production.

Taking some time off to move back to Wyoming in 2012 Brooks moved back to New England and has since taken Boston by storm. While Brooks has entirely concentrated on theater efforts, he looks forward to broadening his scope with both film, commercial, and voice over work in the future.