[5] With the recommendation from an AMDA professor, Scatliffe quickly booked his first professional part in Disney's Aida at the Coastal Carolina Arts Center.
Scatliffe reprised the role in HMS Media's 2013 national PBS special of the production, which was executive produced by Christianson and also starred E. Faye Butler, Michael Aaron Lindner, Scott Coulter and Arya Daire.
While starring in the show, producer Cameron Mackintosh saw Scatliffe's performance, and requested that he audition for the role of the failed revolutionary leader, Enjolras, in the upcoming Broadway revival of Les Misérables.
Scatliffe's audition was conducted on the stage of the Queen's Theatre, which is home to the currently running West End production of Les Misérables.
Soon after his run in Les Misérables was completed, Scatliffe began rehearsing for the role of Harpo in the 2015 Broadway Revival of The Color Purple at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.