"While the women of The L Word were a huge draw for many attendees, some of
the most memorable performances of the evening
were delivered by actors who aren't yet household names... Bridget Gray,
who performed "The Little CoochiSnorcher That Could" gave
electrifying performances that had me and the rest of the audience mesmerized."
-Review from AfterEllen.com
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"...the only one to leave an impression was model tall and sassy Bridget Gray, whose delivery is more like spoken-word meets comedy." -THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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"...clusters of the audience springing out of there seats, fists raised in the air for the ultimate. Gray got the fists and the shouts." -LOS ANGELES TIMES
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"Every Performance she gave was followed by a well-deserved standing ovation." -THE HIGHLANDER RADAR ___________________________________________________________________________
"Bridget Gray, tall and striking in camouflage pants and a "Got Soul" T-shirt rapped her way through several of her spoken-word poems as the audience watched raptly." -DAILY NEWS
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"I had the pleasure of meeting Bridget at a recent tapping of "Def Poetry" in New York. From the moment she stepped on stage, she became the teacher and we became the students." -Bloommag.com __________________________________________________________________________
"Bridget's "Letter to Hip-Hop" seamlessly blends in the mix. Scott Silva of KCRW reads our minds. Check the sounds of the times. Hear the future. Minutes later he comments that Bridget's poem gets more calls than anything else he plays and he plays some cutting edge ish." -UNDERGROUND.NET
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"Bridget Gray stepped up in the most amazing coat I have ever seen. A hand knitted coat of many colors and the way the light strung beads across her shoulders. Well, I don't know how I'd missed it before but I hadn't noticed how delicate, how exquisite, how regal her cheekbones. It was appropriate for her to start with her signature piece "Shades of Gray." The last time I'd heard this piece it was during a slam and it packed a punch. She was beautiful and sassy and I know that I for one wanted to be her and definitely wished that I'd written it. But that's part of what is so unique about her, her pieces could never be mistake for anyone else's. Last night her edge was different. In this intimate setting, she exposed to us a side of Women that is in essence in all of us: The part that we as Women are forever trying to hide. She simply spread her colors out on the floor in front of us: so brave and open. She was everything that I admire about that certain type of Woman, her. She was everything...EVERYTHING, but gray.
She got a standing ovation...[This]woman stepped up beautiful and stayed beautiful, no I take that back...got more beautiful."
-BEVERLY HILLS OUTLOOK
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"...poet Bridget Gray, an outspoken woman whose acting chops have landed her TV work on series such as "The Hughleys" and videos including one as Madonna's sidekick in her "Music" video...In her poetry, she touches on issues of woman's rights, as well as questions of race, love, abuse, life and heatbreak. The gamut..."
- LONGBEACH PRESS TELEGRAM
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[She] is "tough," Davis said. "She's righteous, and she has been through a lot of things. She's not stupid, not a sucker. She's also warm, friendly and softspoken..."
-ADWEEK
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Influences
Life...and love.
Sounds Like
I AM A WOMAN (LIVE in Georgia)
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SHADES OF GRAY (LIVE in Kentucky)
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DEAR JON (LIVE in Hawaii)
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WINNER OF BEST NARRATIVE SHORT AT ELEVATE FILM FESTIVAL
My Letter To Hip Hop - Directed by Malik Booth
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MY LETTER TO HIP HOP (MADSOUNDS REMIX)
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BIO
Bridget Gray's love of theatre and performance art is what lead her to move from her small hometown in Illinois to pursue bigger dreams in Los Angeles, CA. Since then her acting chops have been seen in a variety of feature films, television dramas, sitcoms and music videos. Although acting has remained a passion for Bridget, it is her thought inducing poetry and hypnotic stage presence that has made her a highly sought after spokenword performer.
Bridget has graced hundreds of stages nationwide, sharing the bill with artists such as John Legend, The Black Eyed Peas, Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Joss Stone, Mos Def, Talib Kweli and Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Her electrifying performance quality got her an extended standing ovation at her taping of HBO's "Def Poetry Jam" as well as featured on ABC's "Eye On LA", BET's "Lyric Cafe", ACLU's television series: "The Freedom Files", a role in the feature film "Fighting Words", and hand selected showcases for Norman Lear. In addition to her dynamic performance style her profound lyrics have been published in several anthologies and textbooks, where her words are now studied in classrooms from high school to University levels worldwide.
Bridget Gray has been a force on the spokenword scene since 1999 when she won the first poetry slam she ever entered. She went on to win numerous competitions, including The Battle of LA, The Grand Slam Champion Slam, HBO Soul Poetry Slam, Los Angeles Grand Slam, and she's the only woman to win the Hollwood Grand Slam Champion title two years back to back and has represented for the Los Angeles and/or Hollywood Slam Teams 4 times in the National Poetry Slam.
Bridget began to transcend the slam arena in 2001 releasing her debut EP "Shades of Gray". It became an underground smash hit getting airplay on mainstream radio as well as NPR. The buzz from Bridget's CD made her a staple on the underground hip hop scene in Los Angeles.
In 2003 she was selected from over 400 auditioning MC's and poets to go on 3 month long nationwide major tour sponsored by Nissan, headlining in 11 major cities from L.A. to N.Y.
In 2004 the success of this tour got Bridget a gig as the syndicated radio personality "Sypher 1". Her interview/music formated program aired on 10 Radio One Hip Hop and R&B stations including New York's Hot 97 and L.A.'s 100.3 The Beat. Guest's on Bridget's show included Alicia Keys, Ice Cube, Issac Hayes, Floetry, Kelis and many more.
In 2005 Bridget released her second CD "Self Love" to rave reviews. She hit the road again, rocking mics at concerts, festivals and universities across the country.
In 2006 she co-produced, wrote and starred in the short film "My Letter to Hip Hop" based on her original poem. It won "Best Narrative Short" at the Elevate Film Festival where Bridget was named "Best Actress". The Film went on to feature at the 2006 Girlfest Film Festival and screened 9 times at the Pan African Film Festival.
In 2007 Bridget launched her one woman show "Naked Words" in Honolulu for a one weekend engagement in January and sold out all 3 nights. In the spring she received critical acclaim for her performance in the "The Vagina Monologues" in Los Angeles. She also did a stint as a guest correspondent on NBC 4's daytime show "Your LA". In between projects she continued to tour performing at over 100 Colleges, Universities, Theaters, and Clubs across the U.S.
In 2008 she added an additional 80 shows to her tour schedule. Bridget also wrote and starred in her second short film "Quantum Quickness" inspired by Dr. Rev. Micheal Beckwith. It was featured at "Revelation" the Agape International Spiritual Center annual conference. In the summer of '08' she went on to write and star in her third short film "Sucker Punch" that screened at the Showdown in Chinatown 24 hour film festival.
In 2009 production has begun for the release of her long anticipated 3rd CD, recording with live musicians from the Tempo Valley collective as well as a variety of guest producers, poets and singers from around the globe.
They say every overnight success is 10 years in the making so keep an eye out for what's next! This is the year.
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Saturday, August 29th, join us for a MICHAEL JACKSON Remembrance party for The Girls w/ DJ JIJI SWEET!
Out&About Events for Women invites you to celebrate the life and music of Michael Jackson on what would have been the 51st birthday of the King of Pop.
Join us for REMEMBER THE TIME An End of the Summer / Michael Jackson Remembrance Party for the Girls so come out and meet some PYTs! 9PM-2AM @ SugaCane Lounge 1053 S. Hill
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WSUP MISS GRAY, JUST WNTD 2 STOP IN ON YOU AND LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I ENJOY LISTENING TO YOUR SPOKEN WORD, I STILL REMEMBER THE 1ST TIME I HEARD "DEAR HIP HOP" IT WAS AT LEAST 7 YEARS AGO, EAAASY. MY SISTER SAW U SPEAK AT A COLLEGE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND BOUGHT THE CD FROM YOU AND SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN HOOKED KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND REMAIN POSITIVE!
hello miss grey uu may not remember me i am chewy i performed for uu at farrington high i just been losing inspirationa&& i guess i need a lil kick in the [uu kno what] i askd trav but he hasnt got back to me yet. i have writerssum10 maybe you could give me topics every week or sum10 jus feel like i lost my dream :[ pls. help! ur one of my bigest sheroes!
"Many people
have traveled this world with different dreams, purposes and aspirations. Many
are masters, teachers, inventors and followers. They were all sent by the
creator of the universe to achieve one just course; “global peace and
unification.” But this course cannot be achieved without unconditional love,
which possesses the magical powers of the Divine for transformation. When the
human race embraces love unconditional, then the lost will be found, the naked
will be clothed, the hungry will be fed, the bombs will be destroyed and there
will be peace and unity which will make us all to speak one language, “LOVE”.
Let love abide" ~ Philip Brown
We are ALL in this Together ~ Wave 11:11 ~ United
as One with Love vibrations ~
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