Warren Egypt Franklin shares what it's like being back in rehearsals for the "Hamilton" tour, his role on "Grown-ish", and the one audition he completely cracked! 

About Warren Egypt:

Star on the rise and triple threat talent, Warren Egypt Franklin, has been taking the industry by storm since the moment he graduated from Baldwin Wallace University. Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, a young Franklin aspired for greatness and juggled being an athlete and a theater kid. He performed in the theater district in Cleveland beginning at the age of 14 and upon getting the lead role in a stage production of Footloose, he discovered that the adrenaline from performing in front over 1100 people surpassed that of any touchdown he had ever made.

 Driven by a love of the arts and a desire to succeed and make a name for himself, the ambitious Franklin booked one of his first auditions which happened to be for the touring company of Broadway smash Hamilton. He began performing the role of Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson (made famous by Daveed Diggs) and is the youngest actor to play the role in a touring company. After theater was forced into hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Warren Egypt returned to his home and began auditioning for film and TV. He quickly landed a role in Freeform’s Grown-ish. Ten days after the audition, he was packing up to move to Los Angeles where he would begin filming his first role for the small screen. The role has evolved since he first read for the character and will definitely shake things up at Cal U, portraying a role focused on mental health and sexual identity. He looks forward to viewers connecting with his character, one he thinks will resonate with young people who are learning who they are and discovering the evolution of themselves and that people, adulthood and sexuality are not one dimensional. Growing never stops.

When not touring the country with his Hamilton cast-mates or filming on set, he loves music and refers to it as his language, he enjoys focusing on self-care: going to gym, eating clean and putting his thoughts to paper. You might catch him watching a game or seeing one in person, as sports are still important to him. Franklin looks forward to his next job or perhaps another season of Grown-ish so he can experience filming in a post Covid world; he’s also hard at work writing his first television pilot.

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