His first documentary, A Dream Conferred about progressive education in Long Island, won the Youth Jury Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival in 2005.

Founded by Sonia 'Sunny' Jacobs and Peter Pringle in Ireland in 2003, The Sunny Center supports exonorees as they attempt to piece their lives back together and reintegrate into society.

The production featured a three-story set, a live orchestra, puppets, video and a twenty-six person cast including Oscar-nominee Bob Balaban.

Onstage in 2015, Scheider performed in the two-man play RED by John Logan, at Guild Hall with Victor Slezak as Mark Rothko.

Since 2012, Scheider has created and toured multiple series of free public programming at libraries across the East End of Long Island.

[13] Music programs have included: The Female Masters of Jazz: Hunter, Smith, Waters, Williams, Armstrong,[14] and Alone at the Piano: Landmark Solo Recordings, Songs Of The Voiceless: America's Folk Musicians[15] Literary programs have included: Great American Playwrights: Odets, Wilder, Williams, Inge, and Stella Adler: The Teacher As Critic.