 Langworth grew up in Port Chester, NY and graduated from the State University of New York at Geneseo, where he studied communications.He returned to his alma mater to be an associate professor of Dance.Langworth also taught at the State University of New York at New Paltz where he choreographed productions of "The Producers" and "Rent (musical)", and directed "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" and "Oklahoma (musical)".