Erik Gratton* (Horace Hardwick) (he/him) started the year in The Mint Theatre Company‘s Garside’s Career (2025 Drama Desk Nominee for Best Revival). Also in NYC: Elf The Musical (Buddy the Elf) at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden; A Turtle on a Fence Post (Andrew Cuomo) at Theatre 555; As You Like It (Rosalind) at HERE Arts; and several shows with New York Classical Theatre in Central Park. Other: Hamlet, Shrek, Wilbur the Pig, Billy Pilgrim, The Foreigner (Charlie), Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (Homer Simpson). He’s been a beaver-man in “Grimm” and dumb goofballs in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” Also a working fight director, his violence has been featured off-Broadway, at Rutgers, at MUNY, in Lonny Price’s World Tour of West Side Story and Fiddler on the Roof starring Jason Alexander in Los Angeles.