Backstage with Luke

[posted by Joey Thordarson]

I remember I was on the crew for Sweet Charity when Luke was portraying Vittorio. He was always so much fun to hang out with backstage. I remember a particularly goofy incident where he was pretending to speak on one of the prop phones. He actually said “Shush, I gotta take this.” And he proceeded to act out a full on conversation. Then he handed the phone to me saying “They need to talk to you!” It’s moments like this which always made me smile in college. My first day working on the show I was nervous because I had never actually been in crew for a show before. Luke made me feel comfortable because of little moments like what I just described. He always knew how to keep others at ease through his sense of humor.