BD Wong and Richert John Frederickson Schnorr are to be married Oct. 7 at Giando on the Water in Brooklyn. Cantor Sheera Ben-David is to officiate.
Mr. Wong (left), 57, is an actor, writer and director who won a Tony Award for best featured actor in a play, for his performance in “M. Butterfly” in 1988. He is in-between filming seasons for USA’s “Mr. Robot,” and was a series regular on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” for 11 seasons. He is to direct a musical adaptation of the film “Mr. Holland’s Opus,” at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Ogunquit, Me., in August 2019. He serves on the board of Rosie’s Theater Kids, an arts education organization, and the Actor’s Fund, an organization that provides support for people in the entertainment and performing arts industries, both in Manhattan.
He is a son of Roberta C. Wong of San Francisco and the late Bill D. Wong.
Mr. Schnorr, 35, is the director of digital media for the New York Public Library. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College. He received a master’s degree in design and technology from Parsons School of Design in Manhattan.
He is a son of Marie E. Frederickson and John R. Schnorr of Northfield, Minn.
The couple met in 2010 at a mixer for singles, organized by an online dating site, in New York.