Witting began acting by joining Richmond Hill High School drama club in Queens where he was encouraged by Alfred Christie, a Teacher who ran Hampton Playhouse in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. In 1977 the seventeen-year-old Witting moved to New Hampshire to work at the Hampton Playhouse as an apprentice. During this time Witting met his Future wife, Renee Rogers, who was also a Hampton Playhouse apprentice. Many summers throughout his career Witting returned to the Hampton Playhouse as either an actor or Director until the Playhouse was demolished in 2001.
