Tracie Thoms & Elyse Levesque join IBG, Inc's "My Letter to Fear" staged reading in L.A.

June 13, 2012 - PRLog -- IBG, Inc. is thrilled to announce two more names to their "My Letter to Fear" staged reading roster, taking place on June 24th 2012 in Beverly Hills. 'RENT' star Tracie Thoms and 'SGU Stargate Universe's' Elyse Levesque have signed on, rounding out the cast to ten talented women taking the stage for the first time together this summer.

These fabulous additions join the already diverse and experienced cast that includes headliner Constance Marie ('Switched at Birth'), among Jen Lilley ('General Hospital'), Elizabeth De Razzo (IBG Inc co-founder and 'Eastbound & Down'), Charlene Tilton ('Dallas'), Jennifer Aspen ('GCB'), Lesley Fera ('Pretty Little Liars'), Mekenna Melvin ('Chuck'), and Tamara Taylor ('Bones').

Thoms may be most beloved for her role as Joanne in 'RENT'-- both on-stage, during the original Broadway run's final weeks, as well as on-screen in Christopher Columbus' adaptation. However, Thoms was most recently featured opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Luke Wilson in Meeting Evil. She recently shot Christopher Nolan’s Looper, opposite Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. In 2007, she starred with Kurt Russell in Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse: Deathproof.She was also featured opposite Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in David Frankel’s The Devil Wears Prada. Thoms was a series regular on the long-running CBS series, Cold Case. She also starred on the Fox series, Wonderfalls and UPN's As If, had a memorable guest role as CCH Pounder’s tortured daughter on FX's The Shield, and more recently recurred in NBC’s Harry’s Law from David Kelley. For the past couple years, she’s been performing her cabaret act all over the United States.

The Canadian born Levesque is perhaps best known for her role on ‘SGU Stargate Universe’ but has also had a number of memorable television roles that include Virginia (Cissy) Poe in Showtime's 'Master of Horror' episode "The Black Cat"; as a flame-wielding box witch in Syfy's 'Flash Gordon'; opposite Mimi Rogers in Lifetime Network's 'Storm Cell'; recurring on The CW's 'Smallville'; and opposite Peter Fonda in Warner Brother's television production of 'Journey to the Center of the Earth.'

“My Letter To Fear” is a collection of personal essays, broken down monologue style, written by IBG, Inc’s own Patricia Steffy. Ranging from comedic to heartbreaking, the stories told within are ones that tap into the female perspective by offering commentary on and first-hand accounts of everything from what a woman’s worth, to finding inner peace and self-confidence, to abuse, and misguided relationships.

Tickets are on sale now on IBG, Inc's official website (http://www.ibginc.org), the proceeds from which will benefit the East L.A. Women’s Center, which provides services to women and children, focusing on sexual, domestic, and family violence and HIV/AIDS. The center works to empower and give hope to individuals, families, and the community at large, with an emphasis on bilingual/bicultural services for the Latino Community.

Founded in late 2008, IBG Inc (http://www.ibginc.org) established a non-profit focusing on utilizing the power of philanthropy through the arts to benefit a broad range of charities worldwide. We act as a “fundraiser facilitator” for underfunded, under publicized, and start-up charities that would otherwise struggle with the logistics and costs associated with event fundraising. This work has taken on a critical importance as the economy has been slow to recover, and we find ourselves with increasingly frequent requests for assistance.

For more information on IBG, Inc or this specific event, please contact publicity@ibginc.org.