Lane amata ona galue faapolofesa i le ono o ona tausaga i le La Ma Ma Experimental Theatre Club i Niu Ioka, lea na ia aliali mai ai i se gaosiga o Medea. Ina ua 12 tausaga o Lane, sa ia te ia se matafaioi i le gaosiga a Iosefa Papp o le Cherry Orchard ma Meryl Merep ma Irene Worth. I lenei taimi, sa lesitala Lane i se polokalame faatelevaveina i le Hunter College High School; ae ui i lea, o ona togi na mafatia mai lona pisi taimi. Ina ua 13 tausaga o Lane, na ia liliu i lalo i se matafaioi i Runaways i Broadway e faia lona amataga-matafaioi faatasi ma Laurence Olivier i A Little Cattle Lane. O nei tulaga na oʻo mai i le 1980 na mafai ai e Lane ona toe faʻafoʻi lona tulaga faʻapitoa i le faʻataʻitaʻiga faʻataʻitaʻiga o ana tala faʻatusa mai le tamaʻitaʻi talavou tagata taʻalo o le "La Ma Ma Ma Experimental Theatre Club" i Niu Ioka, lea na ia aliali mai ai i se
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