A new Broadway season has arrived in Omaha with The Outsiders, which won four Tony Awards last year including Best Musical. The touring production features one of our own.
- Mekhi Payne was born and raised in Omaha, and graduated from Omaha South. It wasn’t until he was in high school that he got into theater.
- As a company member trained to play Steve or Two-Bit, Mekhi is making his professional debut in The Outsiders. On getting the call: “It kind of turned my world upside down.”
- He’d like to return to college once this run, which includes 34 cities, has wrapped. Though, Mekhi is mindful this is a special chapter in his life. “I’m trying to work on cherishing every single day, every single moment.”
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“How did it feel when you got the call?,” we wondered.
“It kind of turned my world upside down,” Mekhi Payne recalled…