Jonathan B. Wright

Jonathan Bradford Wright (born December 13, 1986) is an American actor who is best known for his performance as Hänschen in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening. Life and career Wright began acting at the age of 14 at the Creative And Performing Arts magnet program (CAPA) located at Winston Churchill High School in Livonia, Michigan. While at CAPA, Wright was cast in several productions, including: You Can't Take It with You – Ed Carmichael Stage Door – Adolph Gretzel A Midsummer Night's Dream – Snug Les Misérables – Bishop and Montparnasse Dancing at Lughnasa – Michael Evans Li'l Abner – Abner A Piece of My Heart – Ensemble Into the Woods – The Baker A Streetcar Named Desire – Stanley Kowalski The Crucible – Reverend John Hale Macbeth – Macduff Wright won a prestigious scholarship to the Cranbrook Summer Theater in his junior year of high school, where he played Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet. In 2003, he was cast in Jake Heggie's opera Dead Man Walking at the Michigan Opera Theater. At the age of 16, Jonathan came to New York City and attended the summer acting workshop at The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.