Michael Klaers was the lighting designer for the original Triple Espresso–a show that was supposed to run for eight weeks. A  couple of years later, he also became the Production Manager.

In the rest of his life, he is a lighting designer for theatre and other events. His work has been seen at Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Florida Studio Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Missouri Repertory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Guthrie Theater, Madison Repertory Theatre, The Cricket Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, and many others.