Sprg Awakeng for the Gay Drama "Mrice"

Contents:

• JONATHAN GROFF SAYS HIS 'SPRG AWAKENG' CHARACTER GAVE HIM THE STRENGTH TO E OUT AS GAY
• SPRG AWAKENG FOR THE GAY DRAMA "MRICE"
• GAY AWAKENG

JONATHAN GROFF SAYS HIS 'SPRG AWAKENG' CHARACTER GAVE HIM THE STRENGTH TO E OUT AS GAY

We discsed the procs of creatg a character together, dience reactns, the siari between growg up af and gay, and even the adorable characteristics of sea otters. I n yell at someone all day, I n talk wh them, I n bate wh them all week, all year--this show is allowg people to unrstand thgs that I've been tryg to expla my whole the the LGBT muny, 's been an uphill battle workg to make sure that trans and gay parts are beg played by trans and gay actors. I kept askg people, "Is he gay?

Stewart: I thk a lot of people growg up feel like they have to wear their straightns on their sleeve, make sure people know they're not gay, but I don't do that.

SPRG AWAKENG FOR THE GAY DRAMA "MRICE"

But I will say, growg up, I kd of always knew I was gay, but I also always knew I was af. I would always tell people I was af, but not always that I was gay, I jt was.

GAY AWAKENG

So when I me out when I was eight, I was like, "If you n accept me beg af, then this perfect child image is already gone, so you n accept me beg gay.

"It's tertg bee, af studi class, they talk about how af people and gay people have a very siar experience, bee af people are ually born to hearg parents, people who don't know sign, and gay people are ually born to straight parents, so they don't have nnectns wh their parents that way.

I've gotten a lot of letters om young people who are gay or transgenr or jt simply young, and they've said that this show has saved their liv. "Jonathan Groff said his character the Broadway mil "Sprg Awakeng" is what gave him the strength to e out as me out as gay 2008, jt one month after he fished his n as Melchr "Sprg Awakeng.