Acting major Luke Halferty tackles iconic role in his first REP show 'Of Mice and Men' Thursday, October 2, 2014
Student Luke Halferty (left) played Curley in The REP's Of Mice and Men, Sept. 5-21 at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. View more photos.
"I wouldn't be where I am today without Point Park," he said. "The teachers are here to help you, not to help themselves, and I think that's what is so great about this program. Not to mention the fact that everyone I get to work with is basically theatre royalty!"
Halferty is also ecstatic to be involved in one of his favorite shows.
"I'm so lucky to have been cast in the theatrical versions of some of my very favorite books. I played Dallas in The Outsiders and thought that was the opportunity of a lifetime. And now adding Curley to my resume - it's a dream come true!"
After graduation, Halferty plans to stay in Pittsburgh and travel to New York to audition for "anything and everything" he can.
"Who knows, maybe one day I'll be back at Point Park giving students the same advice that made me the actor that I am today," he said.
Text by Annie Tomak, a sophomore public relations and advertising student