A former Leland Public School student and Interlochen Arts Academy graduate, Lukey Klein, made their off-Broadway debut last month with a couple of special guests from home in the audience.
Jeremy Evans, Glen Lake Community School elementary performing arts teacher, and Kathy Lau, a theater costume designer who also worked with Evans for at least 20 years at Leland school, made the trip from Leelanau County on Oct. 18 to watch their former student perform on the big stage in New York City.
“It was a dream come true honestly, and it was surreal to have dinner with them after the show,” Klein said. “It was a little emotional because this is something I’ve been wanting my whole life and they have been perhaps the biggest reason why it’s possible, so it meant the world to me to have them here… They had not seen me perform after I went to UNCSA (University of North Carolina School of the Arts) for acting, so a lot had changed. I grew up a lot and I learned a lot, so I was excited to share what I had learned.”
