Hi there! My name is Gauge and I am an aspiring young actor who was born in Nashville, Tennessee. Being from Nashville, there were two very prominent things in my life: Food and Music.
One of the earliest Christmas gifts I ever remember getting was a guitar that my Grandfather told me was from a famous musician. (I would later find out this wasn’t true) But ever since then I have always loved all things music. Before ever considering a career in acting, I wanted to be a singer-songwriter, and still very much so wants to pursue that passion. When I started high school I had a few friends tell me I should join the choir. I decided to trust them and proceeded to absolutely love it and have since been in at least one choir every year since! (One of my main side gigs to this day is working as a professional choral singer!)
I have also always LOVED food. My favorite has been sushi since I was about four years old much to the surprise of onlookers at my local buffet. I started cooking with my mom in the kitchen at a young age and would always ask her if I could help, and she’d always find some job for me. (By age nine I was the best soup stirrer in the country) Since I first started working I’ve always had jobs in the food service industry and am currently working as a line cook to put myself through college.
In order to balance out my love for food, I’ve spent the last few years getting really into bodybuilding and nutrition. (I’ve lost over 60lbs since 2024!) The gym has become one of my favorite past times and oddly enough I find it to be very relaxing.
I changed schools my sophomore year of high school and got into the audition only choir there. During one of our rehearsals in the spring semester, the theatre program director came and sat in. After rehearsal, she came up to me and asked why I had never auditioned for theatre. I couldn’t think of a good enough excuse and found myself auditioning for the show the next week. I was in the ensemble of our production of Little Women that semester and genuinely had a blast singing and dancing. I auditioned again and the next semester I played Jonas in our fall play, The Giver. I can still remember the exact moment during a rehearsal for that show that I was walking around the theatre thinking about getting to perform for all of those seats in the house, and I decided that THAT was what I wanted to do with my life.
And well, the rest is history!
