Roche played the role of Droog Pete in the 2004 – 2005 New York City theatrical production of A Clockwork Orange[3] by Anthony Burgess at the Ensemble Studio Theatre and 59E59 Theaters and played Faber[4] in the 2006 New York City theatrical premiere of Fahrenheit 451[5] by Ray Bradbury at 59E59 Theaters.

He is a member of the 2010 Drama Desk Special Award winning Godlight Theatre Company ("consistent originality and excellence in dramatizing modern literature, and especially for the vibrant theatricality of its innovative productions.").

[10] In 2020, he performed the role of Larry Slade in Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh in the two-part Zoom Premiere on YouTube Live as a benefit for the Actors Fund during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020.

[11] Roche performed the role of the Husband in Clark Kee's adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's La Ronde (Reigen) entitled Round Dance.

[14] Roche played the role of the longshoreman Meathead in the American Premiere of Arthur Miller's The Hook, adapted by Emmy Winner Ron Hutchinson and directed by Claire Beckman at the Waterfront Museum Barge in Red Hook, Brooklyn with the Brave New World Repertory Theatre in 2023.