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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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