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 [...]
BGB PODCAST: What Dr. King Can Teach Us About Acting
He was a badass revolutionary, strong as he was brilliant. He fought to show us our humanity, spoke truth to power and suffered the consequences. And he was a masterful communicator. [...]
BGB PODCAST: Your First Step In January 2018
It’s 2018 and you’re gonna hit the ground running! It’s time for action! LET’S DO THIS! On second thought, wait… There’s something you may have forgotten. And [...]
BEST OF BGB 2017 – This is who we are.
When some of our actors book big fancy jobs and others are struggling to be and feel seen; when there is profound suffering all around and it feels like the world is falling apart; as some Women, [...]
Why Thanksgiving Is Good for Your Acting Career
Thanksgiving: the franchise player of America’s holiday roster. It’s big, it’s brash, it involves such a profound level of gluttony that its name is often changed to Turkey Day to really [...]
A letter to my daughter about the “Harveys”
Dear Gracie, Harvey Weinstein grabbed my ass. It didn’t faze me at the time. It was at a party, it was the 80s, people were drinking a lot and doing coke — a lot. And, at a loud crowded [...]
An Actor’s Response To Tragedy
It all feels like too much; one devastating hurricane after another, never-ending racial inequality, horrific gun violence, political ineptitude. There is profound suffering everywhere. Any [...]
Tim Peper – Why I’m In Class
What I’m in class for right now is finding my generosity, my giving-of-myself. I know how to build what I need to build. I know how to accept that story as my own. I know how to connect to [...]
A Mirror Up to Nature? Hollywood Tells Me About My Body
Here is a blogpost from one of our BGB Actors, Kate Hamilton (pictured): I’ve gone back and forth about sharing this post for a while. A few months ago I shared a shorter version on my Facebook [...]
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