Gideon Rainey is an undergraduate Actor/Assistant Stage Manager here at the University of Tennessee. Gideon is a former U.S. Navy veteran who is pursuing his lifelong passion for Acting. Previously, Gideon has helped the Clarence Brown Theatre by volunteering as an Assistant Stage Manager for Kinky Boots and Knoxville earlier on in 2024. To close out the previous year, he made his debut on stage as Mudd in A Christmas Carol. Now, Gideon is exhilarated to return once again to the CBT as Bannister in this production of Inherit the Wind.