BGSQDBureau of General Services—Queer Division
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TELL is an evening of story telling from the mouths and minds of queers in NYC hosted by Drae Campbell at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division since February 2014.
Soft is the theme of the 75th TELL, on Saturday, November 20, 2021, 7 to 9 PM (EST) IN PERSON at the Bureau! Featuring: Melissa Rocha, Scotty Salame, and Nessa Norich.
Safety protocol:
In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we are limiting the number of in-person attendees to 30. Proof of vaccination required. Registration on Eventbrite is required in order to attend.
If you have any symptoms associated with COVID-19 in the days leading up to the event, we ask you to please cancel your reservation so that others can attend. If all 30 reservations have been claimed and you would like to be placed on a wait list, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com.
Please note that masks are required at all times inside The LGBT Community Center, where the Bureau is located.
Suggested donation of $10 to benefit the Bureau and the storytellers.
We will pass a bag at the start of the event. But you are more than welcome to make a donation here when you register. Thank you for supporting the Bureau and TELL!
All are welcome to join, with or without a donation.
Drae Campbell is an actor and performer who has appeared on stages all over NYC and on the internet, movies and tv. She’s been spotted on the tv shows New Amsterdam and Bull and on the web series Dinette directed by Shaina Feinberg. She can also be found online on Refinery29, IFC.Com and BRICTV to name a few. Some fave stage acting credits: Only You Can Prevent Wildfires, Ricochet Collective, Non-Consensual Relationships With Ghosts, La Mama, My Old Man, Dixon Place, Oph3lia at HERE, The Nosebleed at The Public Theatre. Drae also appeared as a radical lesbian in Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History Of Popular Music at St. Ann’s Warehouse. Drae’s been hosting and curating TELL at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division for 7 plus years. If you like queer stories, TELL is also a Podcast! www.
Nessa Norich is a queer Ashkenazi filmmaker, performance artist, creative coach, educator and producer living in Brooklyn. Her work addresses the spiritual deficiencies of Western culture by opening up sacred containers for deep joy and collective grief. Nessa has directed music videos, experimental films, webseries and short narrative films. She has written, directed and performed in dozens of critically acclaimed original plays, internationally, and has starred in several feature length and short films that have played in festivals around the country. Recent: Nessa just wrapped the first short narrative film that she wrote, directed and acted in. Her musical comedy short, MAKE HAPPY, which imagined a conversation between the spirit of RBG and Melania Trump, days before the 2020 election, was viewed over 12,000 times in the four days between its release and Election Day. From March 2020 to April 2021, Nessa’s artist collective, Well of Wills, co-produced and co-created The Ark, a hybrid documentary short that poetically captures the first 40 days of Shelter in Place, weaving together the video diaries of 26 filmmakers with the ancient myth of The Great Flood.
Nessa is an alum of Emerge NYC and the NY Neo-Futurists. She is a graduate of Jacques Lecoq International School of Theatre in Paris and received her B.A from Barnard College. Her teaching credits include Columbia University, Parsons, The New School, The Generations Project and Crossingpoint Arts.
Melissa Rocha is a brooklyn based comic. She’s very nice and is looking forward to spending the evening with you.
Scotty Salame is a New York based performer, Emmy nominated production designer, and visual artist. Past stage acting credits include One Love (Theatre for the New City), Parker & Dizzy’s Fabulous Journey to the End of the Rainbow (TNC), Fat Asses (TNC), and HAIR (Salem Theatre Company.) You can currently watch him on screen in titles including the comedy series Cady Did (YouTube), Pride: The Series (Amazon Prime Video) and the 2014 family film A Little Game. www.scottysalame.com