Tag Archives for: "BGB Community"
Felipe Figueroa – Finding My (Rainbow) Voice
We did it. We took the leap and moved to a major metropolitan area where we could not only be artists but also live freely as our wonderful LGBTQ+ selves. We forged a career in the entertainment [...]
BGB Community: Young Storytellers
Young Storytellers is a non-profit that provides public school students with an opportunity to write stories and see them brought to life on stage and in film. Our mission is to inspire young [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Back to School Backpacks
It’s that time of the year where parents and their kids rush to Staples or some such store to prepare themselves for another year of learning – pencils, markers, paper, and of course [...]
BGB Gives Back – June 2017
Seeds of Hope – This past week, BGB actors spent time with Seeds of Hope, an organization dedicated to working with congregations, communities, and schools, to turn unused land into [...]
BGB Gives Back! May 2017
Last week, our BGB Community leader, Nancy Ma, returned to Hope Gardens – A haven for single women and children who are experiencing homelessness – to play with the kids (while their [...]
BGB Gives Back – April 2017
Hope Gardens – A few BGB actors hosted Game Time with the children at Hope Gardens – A Homeless Women and Children’s Facility here in Los Angeles. They played the old throwbacks [...]
Taking Flight
The Seagull flies! BGB Actor/Writer/Director/Leader Frankie Kraft is adapting and directing Anton Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL as a modern LGBTQ+ (and allies) retelling with a predominantly Queer [...]
BGB Gives Back – March 2017
Covenant House – This month BGB Actors Nancy Ma and Felipe Figueroa spent a couple Thursday evenings with the residents of this long-standing center for homeless youth (ages 18-24). On [...]
BGB Actors: August Wilson Reading Series – The Gem of the Ocean
“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 want my art to be [...]
BGB Gives Back: February 2017
Hope Gardens is a transitional home in the Valley that houses elderly women and mothers and children. It is part of Union Rescue Mission. BGB members had the privilege to rehearse a play with [...]
BGB Gives Back: How we ended 2016!
St. Francis is a food pantry that serves the downtown community. We’ve had the privilege to partner with them once a month serving breakfast and/or helping at their pantry distribution. [...]
BGB PODCAST: Turning the Current Fear into Acting Success
Lots going on in the world. And either you want to shut down and not get out of bed…or forget about it all and just focus on booking some damn work. But neither option gets you what you [...]
How Actors can Change the World this Thanksgiving
Been a heck of a few weeks or so. For over a year, one half of the country has been screaming at the other half, respect has been scarce, friends and family have been pitted against one another. [...]
What to do with Big Election Feelings
Our Acting Studio in Los Angeles is an artistic home for a diverse group of actors. Los Angeles is an international city in a progressive state that tends to vote for equality and inclusion and [...]
Staged Reading: Three Part Disharmony
What are the repercussions of an innocent man of color being stopped by the police, the contents of his bag thrown out all over the sidewalk and then, after being confirmed as innocent, left to [...]
An Actor’s Case Against Trump
Throughout history it’s been the actor’s job to speak the truth, to “reflect the universe so that all may understand it,” as my first acting teacher used to say. You get [...]
BGB Gives Back: Camp SoCal Hearts
Camp SoCal HeARTs, a program of Camp TLC (Together Living a Challenge), benefits many underprivileged and foster care children of Los Angeles. Camp TLC has added a week-long summer camp to their [...]
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 Serving Our Community & Finding Connection
Our monthly commitments to St. Francis and Covenant House are about building consistent community and investing in our city. It has been a wonderful way to connect more and more of our BGB [...]
Ben Lear – Actor / Writer / Filmmaker
Actor of BGB: Ben Lear has stepped behind the camera and made a powerful documentary, THEY CALL US MONSTERS. This has been a passion project he worked on for several years which evolved into this [...]
Compassion Bags
Thank you to everyone for your generous donations of Compassion Bags to Journey Out. Journey Out does extraordinary work with homeless victims of sex trafficking and we’re grateful [...]
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