How Improv Changed My Life
Improv – a game changer. Most people have heard of improvisation. They’ve seen Whose Line is it Anyway or a show at one of the prestigious Improv Theaters around the country. They are familiar [...]
The Power of ‘Abandon Script’!
By: Will Doughty Improvisation training is the first thing any commercial agent and casting director will tell an actor to get on their resume. We knows this. Recently improv has started to flood [...]
AWRS (August Wilson Reading Series) at BGB 2017
“The Commonalities of all culture within the life I know best – which is black life, that’s who I am – I’m gonna express that. That’s what I am – I’m gonna express that. That’s what I want my [...]
BGB PODCAST: The Myth of Success
It can easily appear that Pilot Season is the reason for many actors’ success – Series Regular on a pilot, accolades and maybe even an Emmy award. However, “appear” is [...]
Why Isn’t the Industry Chasing You?
What does it take to declare artistic independence? To decide that you don’t have to wait for the industry, for anyone, to allow you to be an artist? To take command of your career and express [...]
The Hangry Actor
It usually happens around 3pm. A dull headache sets in, followed by irritability, and then an intolerance for anything and everything. My wife, daughter, and I are all among those who get what is [...]
Thoughts from the Set of Masters Of Sex
We asked some BGB Actors about their time working on Masters of Sex, Season 4. What they learned, what surprised them, what they felt, what felt like home. Here’s what they had to say. What [...]
BGB PODCAST: It’s Time To Stop Sabotaging Your Career
SABOTAGE! We all do it. Your resistance is sneaky, and left unchecked can find new and interesting ways to keep you from creative and professional success. Are you getting in your own way? [...]
Un-Comfortability
Charisma has a lot to do with two factors: 1. Being utterly present – receptive and vulnerable to the environment (particularly to be electro-statically alive to the other beings [...]
What Does Specificity Really Mean?
The other night I was out with a few friends, and a young woman walked in with a female friend of hers wearing an odd shaped white hat on her head. It made for conversation for a few minutes as [...]
How to Find the Right Acting Class
So you think it’s time to get back to class. Some of you may still feel like that frightened little kid on your first day of school, the tight grip of your little fingers clutching your [...]
BGB PODCAST: 10,000 Hours
Comedians have it right. If you bomb on stage it means you’re pushing boundaries, exploring new ground, learning and growing. Most actors have a deep fear of and disdain for [...]
Over Worked and Under Played
When I first started acting, I would get so excited to work on my audition sides. I would put all the work I did in class to the test. ‘What’s the story? Who am I? How many lines to I have? [...]
8 Reasons Actors Must Train
“The only excuse for not coming to a class or a performance is death.” – Stella Adler Class is hardly a luxury or an indulgence. It’s not for weak actors, or untalented ones. [...]
7 Reasons Actors Don’t Train
We have good intentions. We’re desperate to do things that are good for us. As we hit the pillow, we’re genuinely committed to change. But as we put on our morning chain mail and the fog of [...]
What The GOP Taught Us About Acting
Last week’s Republican National Convention was the Grand Ol’ Party’s opportunity to present its vision of America, discount Barack Obama and make voters all over the country [...]