I timata a Lane ki te mahi ngaio i te ono o ona tau i te La Ma Experimental Theatre Club i New York, i reira i puta ia i roto i te mahinga o Medea. I te 12 o nga tau o Lane, i whai waahi ia ki te mahinga a Joseph Papp o The Cherry Orchard me Meryl Merep me Irene Worth. I tenei wa, i uru a Lane ki tetahi kaupapa tere i Hunter College High School; heoi, i raru ona reanga mai i tana raarangi pukumahi. I te 13 o ona tau, i whakahokia e Lane tetahi mahi i roto i te Runaways i Broadway ki te hanga i tana whakaaturanga tuatahi-i te taha o Laurence Olivier i roto i te Little Cattle Lane.
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