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SUMMARY:TELL: TESTED (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:TELL is a monthly queer storytelling show hosted and curated by Drae Campbell. It is the longest running event at the Bureau! 11 years and going. Each month there is a different theme and a different line up of queer artists who tell true stories from their lives on a theme. \nThe theme for October 2025 is Tested\, featuring storytellers Gabriella M. Belfiglio\, Sunny Jay\, and Chris Manley. \n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nSuggested donation to benefit the storytellers and the Bureau: $10. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n  \n  \n\nDrae Campbell is the host and curator of TELL\, an award winning podcast that can be found anywhere you listen to podcasts. \nTheater: The Nosebleed (Lincoln Center Theater\, Woolly Mammoth Theater & National Tour\, Lortel Nominated)\, Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater)\, Only You Can Prevent Wildfires (Teatro Circulo)\, My Old Man (Dixon Place)\, Storm Still (DirectorFest\, Drama League)\, La Cage Aux Folles (Barrington Stage Company). \nFilm and TV:Senior Escort Service\, Blunderpuss\, It’s Very Common\, TOW. \nTV: Bull\, New Amsterdam. \nBFA\, The University Of The Arts \nIg @draebiz and @tellqueerz \n\n  \nGabriella M. Belfiglio is a queer artist teacher and mother living in Brooklyn\, NY. She is the author of the newly released book The Fig Thief. She is a winner of the W.B. Yeats Poetry Contest. Belfiglio has had writing published in the award-winning anthology Poetic Voices Without Borders\, The Potomac Review\, The Monterey Poetry Review\,  The Centrifugal Eye\, and Lambda Literary Review\, among other places. Belfiglio is an anti-violence activist\, working to make the world a safer place for all people. She can most often be found reading with a cat on her lap. \n  \nChris Manley (he/they) is an American writer\, performer and clown. He is best known for his character Buttons. He was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for his performance in “The Nosebleed\,” has performed with Cirque du Soleil and is honored to be listed in Le Petit Clown August Alphabetique alongside Abbott & Costello. He has performed at Lincoln Center\, Ars Nova\, The Montreal Just for Laughs Festival\, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater\, The People’s Improv Theater\, the Toronto Sketch Fest and the Chicago Sketch Fest. You can see him in several national commercials and award winning films. \n  \n\n\n\nSunny Jay (performer\, cartoonist\, & metaphysician) recently retired from ex-patriotism abroad in the EU and has returned to his home empire of the US. He currently resides in the Philadelphia and awaits the revolution. (popcorn)
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LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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