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.
[1] 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.
Upon graduation from high school in 2005, he returned to New York to become the youngest member of The Actors Center's summer intensive, followed by their nine-month conservatory program, where he studied with teachers from Juilliard, Yale, NYU and the Royal Shakespeare Company: Scott Freeman, Charles Tuthill, Lisa Benavides-Nelson, Rob Clare(RSC), Orlando Pabotoy(Clown), Jane Nichols(Clown), Per Brah(Mask), Felix Ivanov(Movement), and Grace Zandarski(Voice).
Jonathan was cast in the role of Hänschen Rilow, the choir boy who seduces his fellow male classmate, for which he has received rave reviews, being cited by some as a scene-stealer.
In 2015, Wright was cast in Center Theatre Group's production of Martin Sherman's Bent, directed by Moises Kaufman in Los Angeles.