Christina Layton, a graduate of the King’s Academy, has been accepted into Northwestern University in Chicago, where she will be studying musical theater. U.S. News & World Report listed the theater program at Northwestern University in the top 10 programs in the country.
Layton has been seen on TKA’s main stage and black box theatre playing principal roles in Steel Magnolias, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Titanic, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and most recently in this year’s black box production of Tennessee Williams’ Glass Menagerie.
Layton will follow in the footsteps of some outstanding Northwestern alumni such as winning actress Heather Headley of Broadway’s Aida and Lion King, Zach Braff of Scrubs and Garden State, Zooey Deschanel of New Girl, Julia Louis-Dreyfus of Seinfeld and Veep, David Schwimmer of Friends, Megan Mullally of Will & Grace and many more.
ABOVE: Christina Layton