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Gideon Glick, born June 6, 1988 is an American stage performer and movie actor. His Broadway work includes the role of Ernst in the musical Spring Awakening.

Biography

Glick graduated from Lower Merion High School. ^[1] He is currently a sophomore at New York University.^[2]

Glick is Jewish, and openly gay. He has stated in interviews that he came out when he was in the seventh grade.

Performances

Glick played Ernst, an adolescent boy seduced by Jonathan B. Wright's homosexual character Hanschen, in the original cast of the hit musical Spring Awakening. He played "Slap" in the 2005 film One Last Thing....^[3] He recently played the role of "Howie" in Speech and Debate (Roundabout Underground),^[4][5] a play by emerging playwright Stephen Karam, which began in October 2007 and ran until early 2008.^[6] He also appeared in a west-coast production of the same play. He played Aladdin in the 2004 workshop production of Disney's Aladdin Junior.^[7]

References

Stage Appearances

Spring Awakening (Broadway) - Ernst

Speech and Debate (2007, Off-Broadway) - Howie

External links

• Spring Awakening Site
• Gideon Glick at the Internet Movie Database
• Internet Broadway Database
• Oasis Journals Interview