BGB AUDIO BLOG: Pilot Season Is Dead. Now What.
This time of year can make you crazy. Post-pilot season leaves a deafening silence that can make you crazy. It can make you search obsessively for a focus, somewhere to put your anxiety, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How to Be Brilliant in the Room
We all want the same thing. We all want actors to be absolutely freaking brilliant when it counts. But what can we all—agents, managers, casting directors, teachers—do to support actors so they [...]
5 Things to Know Before Stepping on a TV Set
A TV set is full of traps for actors. If you don’t have your wits about you and know what you’re getting into, it’s easy to let it get in the way of your work. But with a little research and a [...]
BGB AUDIO BLOG: Pilot Season – Where are we right now?
Pilot Season is doing its level best to beat everyone down again this year. And we’re definitely feeling it here at the Studio. Risa and Steve give you the antidote to all of the [...]
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: Financial Independence
It’s time to declare your independence from the fear of money. It’s time to take command of your finances. Actor/Tax Preparer Chris Dotson offers tips on how to handle your money. [...]
BGB AUDIO BLOG: 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? [...]
BGB AUDIO BLOG: How To Get Your Money
The business is changing and you have to find a way to pay your bills in this new economy. You may have to shift your focus, look deeper and think about money differently. It’s time to look [...]
BGB AUDIO BLOG: Want Acting Success? It’s Time to Change
You’re in a business that is constantly changing. In fact change is the only constant. And if you’re not seeing the business for what it is, and adjusting as it changes, you may be [...]
Why Hating L.A. Is Bad for Your Career
It’s textbook. You move to Los Angeles from your hometown or where you went to school or the last place you were pursuing an acting career, and you hate it. Heck, you may have even hated it [...]