J A M E S  A. G O I N S

As artists, our temptation is to wait until conditions are perfect—more funding, more recognition, more time. But the Spirit says: “Now is the accepted time. Now is the day of salvation.” (2 Corinthians 6:2)

There is a quiet anticipation woven into the fabric of creation. The earth groans, the skies tremble, the stars lean in—waiting. Waiting for what? Not another political leader. Not another technological marvel. But for the children of God to be revealed. To rise, stand, and walk in the fullness of who they are—trusting fully, believing wholly, moving boldly.

One approaches a new script with anticipation, hoping to find characters that breathe and a story that resonates. In James A. Goins' Unexpected Family, one finds a rather potent premise grounded in contemporary anxieties and timeless questions about kinship and identity. The play introduces us to Beatrice “GiGi Bea” Holloway, a Burbank-based former B-movie actress of a certain age, whose meticulously curated, if somewhat faded, world is irrevocably disrupted by the arrival of

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James has a jam-packed 2024 on the horizon, filled with exciting creative projects!

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