The Howell theater community is mourning the loss of Alexa Zielkowski, 16, who died May 22 of an accidental drowning. She had just appeared onstage as Louisa in the Community Theatre of Howell’s production of “Sound of Music,” which wrapped up on May 21. The Howell teen began her love affair with theater in 2014, when she was just 8 years old: “My sister (Lena) got the CTH theater bug first, and I joined her soon after,” Alexa said in a story about her role in the 2020 CTH production of “Wait Until Dark.” “But (I) mostly did things backstage … Continue reading Teen active in community theater dies in accidental drowning