In 1990, after working extensively in Cincinnati, Ohio as a producer, director, and acting instructor, Luther relocated to Chicago. Between 1990 and 1995, he worked as the Assistant to the Producer at the Skokie-based Northlight Theatre and held the position of Resident Artistic Director at the African-American-based Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre in Evanston, IL. 

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In 1995, he accepted the Managing Director position at the Chicago Theatre Company, which was a professional African American company located on Chicago’s south side. In 2002, Luther accepted a Business Representative position with the Chicago office of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. In 2016, after 14 years, Luther retired from the Actors’ Equity Association.

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Since retirement, he has worked as an Interim Managing Director and as a Theatre Management Consultant for many small and midsize Chicago Theatre Companies. Until June 30, 2024, Luther held the honor of being the first African American Board Chair of Season of Concern, an amazingly successful organization founded in 1987 to support Chicago theater practitioners and artists who are impacted by any illness, injury, or health-related issue that prevents them from working, excluding loss of income for other reasons.