Tag Archives for: "BGB Community"
Your generosity matters!
This past June because y’all showed up big we were able to support Journey Out and Foster Love Los Angeles with a sweet supply of baby and family needs. Here’s a testimonial from the [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
BGB AUDIO BLOG: 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 [...]
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 [...]
Our Teachers Love Actors
Each Master Teacher at The BGB Studio has decades of experience in the business and the work but what distinguishes them (and what they all have in common) is the degree to which they care about [...]
BGB AUDIO BLOG: BGB Actors Round Table: Black and Brown in Hollywood
Hollywood reflects the racism that exists in the world and is a product of a leadership that only knows white privilege. African and Latino American actors from our studio share their [...]
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? [...]
