Brae Anderson is an Actor, Singer, Screenwriter/Script Doctor, Filmmaker, Puppeteer, Voice Over Artist. and Collaborator across stage and screen. He has his BFA in Music Dance Theatre from Brigham Young University. His motivations lie in community building and the belief that we rise by lifting those around us.
This is how I would start if I wanted you to think someone else wrote my website. But I wrote it, and this is me.
For as long as I can remember, I always thought deeply about the world. Growing up Mormon caused me to wrestle with purpose: What is my purpose? What is purpose? Why are we here? What do I do? What do we do as people? Religion can give that purpose and for the first 19 years of my life it gave me mine. I was IN IT.
And then that all came crumbling down. I was in crisis of faith, and in that grieving process I become what I am today.
Now, I think about the waters, the mountains paths, the smell of the breeze, the world we live in, in both it’s grandiosity and simplicity. I think about the people in my life and the people waiting to join my life. I think about how it’s impossible to have a purposeless life because the smallest interaction means something. I want to enjoy life and I want others to be able to enjoy life.
I think as creatives we have a certain responsibility to weave the cultural fabric in a way that will make the world a better place. That’s why I care about the problems that don’t affect me. That’s why I engage with the world. To quote Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign Outside Sidney Brustein’s Window:
I admit it, I care. I care about it all. It takes too much energy not to care.
I want to enjoy life. So let’s have fun.
Brae Anderson 