Damon Gillespie (he/him)

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Damon grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he performed at Chattanooga Theatre Center and attended the Chattanooga High School Center for Creative Arts and then went on to study theatre in college at and Roosevelt University Chicago College of Performing Arts.

Damon made his Broadway debut in Disney’s Newsies musical during his sophomore year of college, Newsies. He’s also been in Disney's Aladdin on Broadway, as well as a West Side Story production at Carnegie Hall.

In 2018 Damon starred in NBC's Rise playing Robbie Thorne, the high school’s star quarterback who gets cast in the school play. He's now set to star in Netflix's new series "Tiny Pretty Things" and is working on a project with friends called "Bringing You Broadway".

Nov. 15, 2020

Backstage With Becca B. Ep. 48 with Damon Gillespie

On this episode I talked to Damon about the moment he realized he really wanted to pursue theatre as career, how he decided to go to the school he went to to study theatre, getting cast in a dance heavy …

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