New Look. Same BRIC.

We got a fancy new website a few months back. Please visit our new site by clicking here but keep in mind that you're always welcome to visit us at our home in Brooklyn.  Thank you for your continued love and support!

New Look. Same BRIC.

TELL: Queer Stories with Drae Campbell | Podcast Launch Party

Celebrate the launch of BRIC's newest podcast TELL. Host Drae Campbell will curate a set of stories from queer folks on everything from traveling to death to stolen bikes to family secrets.

Date

SAT, JUN 15, 2019 | 7PM | FREE

Cost

FREE

Location

The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division
208 West 13th Street
Room 210
New York, NY 10011
United States
Get Directions
  • Clockwise from left: Drae Campbell, Brian Vines, Becca Blackwell, Elsa Waithe, Ryan Haddad

Celebrate the official launch of BRIC's new queer storytelling podcast TELL. Join host Drae Campbell at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division for refreshments and an evening of storytelling with guests Elsa WaitheRyan Haddad, and Brian Vines, and Becca Blackwell!

TELL is a new podcast serving queer stories on queer terms. Host Drae Campbell is bringing you real stories told by the queer folks who lived them, on everything from traveling abroad to stolen bikes to family secrets.

So if you need a dose of of queer community, or just wanna hear great stories told by the people who lived them, you’ve come to the right place. Strap on your head phones and pull up your socks, ‘cause TELL is queering the narrative and telling our stories, on our terms.


BIOS:

Drae Campbell has appeared on many stages and screens in NYC and beyond. Drae has been telling stories in many mediums for many years. As a comedian, filmmaker, dancer, actor and all around entertainer. Drae has worked extensively with writer/director Shaina Feinberg on several film and video projects including the great web series Dinette produced by BRIC TV. Drae wrote and starred in the short film You Move Me with Rebecca Drysdale. which won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST in Los Angeles, among others. She has been hosting, curating and producing TELL, a live queer storytelling show for more than 5 years at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division in NYC.

Elsa Waithe is a Comedian, Actor, and Motivational Speaker from Norfolk, Virginia. She’s won the Virginia Beach Funnybone’s Clash of the Comics three times, has been featured on This American Life, and is a recurring guest on TELL.

Ryan Haddad  is an actor, playwright and autobiographical performer based in New York. His critically-acclaimed solo play Hi, Are You Single? was featured in The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival and continues to tour the country. Ryan’s also performed at Joe’s Pub, La Mama, Ars Nova/ANT Fest, Theater Breaking Through Barriers and on TV in the shows BullMadam Secretary, and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. He is a member of The Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group and a former Queer|Art Performance and Playwriting Fellow under the mentorship of Moe Angelos.

Brian Vines is an Emmy Award winning journalist. After completing the Masters Program in Broadcast Journalism at Boston University’s College of Communication he fetched coffee for some of the most respected journalists and news figures in the world during his tenure at CNN. After a stint in political communications Brian fell in love with his own reflection and reported for here! networks, NYC-TV, and the Guardian US among others. Brian is currently the Chief Correspondent at BRIC TV where he moderates the #BHeard Town Hall series on social justice and hosts, Going In With Brian Vines.

Becca Blackwell is a NYC based performer. They act in a lot of stuff and make their own work.