Following her graduation from College of William and Mary,Close broke into professional theater with the New Phoenix Repertory Company,making her Broadway bow in the lead role of a 1974 production of Love for Love.

• 从威廉玛丽学院一毕业，克洛斯就和新凤凰保留剧目轮演剧团一道闯进了专业剧院。1974年，她在《为爱而爱》中担任主角，首次在百老汇的舞台上露面。