Bogad and North Bay Jobs With Justice Awarded Creative Work Fund and Creative Corps Grants for SINFONÍA DE LA JUSTICIA
Bogad and North Bay Jobs With Justice Awarded Creative Work Fund and Creative Corps Grants for SINFONIA DE LA JUSTICIA, a performance project made by, for, and about farmworkers and organizers in Northern California.
Zoom production of COINTELSHOW Dec 15-17th 2021
Zoom Performance of COINTELSHOW Dec 15-17th 2021
Delivering Democracy
Imagine troupes of dancing mailboxes, amusing people in public spaces in different towns all across Pennsylvania, and then giving out flyers with useful and accurate information about how and where to vote by mail, to vote by drop box, and/or to vote in person. This is #DeliveringDemocracy!
L.M. Bogad Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
I’m so grateful to announce that I’ve been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2021. It’s a wonderful surprise, and I’m honored to be on the same list with people I deeply respect—artists and scholars including Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle, Dread Scott, Rebecca Schneider, Debarati Sanyal, and many more.
L.M. Bogad Selected as a People’s WPA Artist for U.S. Department of Arts and Culture
As the USDAC’s newly declared Minister of Tactical Performance, I’ve been working to address the creative needs of communities and culture workers through projects such as Economusic and Delivering Democracy.
"SOLO-TERING IN PLACE: A Dilemma on Paper"
Shotgun Players asked folks to submit a two-minute video that had to include "ten seconds of movement, the passage of time, three lines or more from a play, and a mask or toilet paper." This is what I came up with. Folks have commented that they liked what I did with the "ten seconds of movement." As you can see, sheltering in place has had a little effect on my psyche. Watch now.
New Video Performance for City Lights Books for May Day
City Lights asked me to do a "manifesto or rant" for their May Day celebration, along with some folks I really admire like L.A. Kaufmann. Here's what I did.
My New Podcast is Out: THE PLAGUE!
I’m pleased to announce the launch of my podcast, THE PLAGUE. It’s a podcast where we look, not just at the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but at our nation’s home-made plagues, plagues created by human socioeconomic systems, that make the coronavirus more virulent and dangerous.
Interview on Mondo Bizarro Theatre Ensemble's Podcast, "Hatched," December 18, 2019
Mondo Bizarro is a brilliant ensemble theatre company based in New Orleans, with whom I am collaborating on a new, updated version of my play COINTELSHOW: A PATRIOT ACT. They recently interviewed me about my work and process. I'm a huge fan of what they do in the world. Check out our conversation.
Interview on "Iconocast"
I was honored to be interviewed on September 11 of 2019 on the podcast that exemplifies the progressive religious tradition, "Iconocast," by the amazing Joanna Lawrence Shenk. Check out our interview.