{"id":7146,"date":"2021-03-19T07:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earlhamcollege.wpengine.com\/?p=7146"},"modified":"2021-06-15T09:51:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:51:59","slug":"wandavision-role-delivers-joy-for-amos-glick-class-of-1990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/news-events\/wandavision-role-delivers-joy-for-amos-glick-class-of-1990\/","title":{"rendered":"WandaVision role delivers joy for Amos Glick, Class of 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Fresh off a supporting role in the Marvel Comics Universe production of WandaVision<\/em>, 1990 Earlham graduate Amos Glick is receiving worldwide attention, intrigue even, about his role as Dennis the Mailman.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Amos Glick in WandaVision. (Marvel Comics Universe)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Despite limited screen time on six of the nine episodes in the series from Disney+, Glick\u2019s performance has drawn praise from WandaVision<\/em> Director Matt Shackman<\/a> and debate from fans <\/a>who have wondered whether his character is more than meets the eye. For Glick, who is 30 years into his acting career, it\u2019s been a new experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been working in entertainment for my entire adult life and have even appeared in several national commercials, TV shows and some indie films\u2014but nothing has really come of it,\u201d Glick said. “Now my face is all over the internet. There are people in Italy making memes about me and hash-tagging me on Instagram. Friends who I haven\u2019t talked to in a long time are sending me messages back and forth. I\u2019m going to do an interview on an Irish podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause of the smallness of the part, all of the attention feels unwarranted,\u201d he said. But he also understands the worldwide presence of the Marvel Comics Universe. The scrutiny, and attention, can be intense no matter how big the part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WandaVision<\/em> was Glick\u2019s first audition during the COVID-19 pandemic and his second appearance on a Marvel show (he appeared in an episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. <\/em>in 2019). The opportunity came just months after taking on a \u201cday job\u201d for the first time in about 20 years\u2014just in case public health conditions lingered in California. He is currently a spatial data analyst for ZoneHaven, a company based in the San Francisco Bay Area that leverages mobile technology to help first responders plan for wildfires and other emergencies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe audition for the show was so vague. I had no idea what this project was going to be,\u201d Glick said. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know I had lines until I arrived on the set. Everything was a secret.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glick said his path to the WandaVision<\/em> set was nurtured by his time performing on stage at Earlham, but was never a theatre major\u2014not even a minor. He was a steadfast biology major instead, having developed a passion for social justice and environmental issues at Farm & Wilderness camps in Vermont and the Cambridge School of Weston, the private high school he attended in Massachusetts. If not for the camps, Glick said, he would not have found his way to either Cambridge School or Earlham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His zeal for environmentalism grew on Earlham\u2019s campus after participating in the launch of a recycling program and the Earlham Environmental Action Committee, which culminated in his serving as co-chair for the Earth Day Arts Committee during his senior year. He produced art exhibits, a variety show and a final night concert as part of his leadership in the event, spurring him to do more with the arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy biology education was amazing,\u201d Glick said. \u201cI knew Earlham had one of the best programs in the country, and I was excited to be there.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as Glick was preparing to graduate, he instead set his sights away from the sciences to work with the Tony-award winning San Francisco Mime Troupe, a political satire theatre company he had read about on campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n