Episode 44- Emana Rachelle - Her Experience on Insecure working w/ Issa Rae, Vision Boards & Dreaming Big

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ATL native Emana Rachelle joins me for the 44th episode of The Creation Grounds. We discuss her big booking on HBO's Insecure and her experience on set with Issa Rae and Kyla Pratt, how she manifested it, dream boards and comedy.

Emana's work includes - Film/Television: 30 Rock, numerous national commercials, Theatre: Clybourne Park (Francine/Lena), Ruined (Sophie), International tours in South Africa and Holland. She received her MFA from West Virginia University (WVU) where she was W.E.B. DuBois Graduate Fellow. She holds additional training from the British American Drama Academy (BADA) and a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. In 2009, she co-founded the theatre company PULSE: Art to Life focused on producing original work and communal story preservation. Emana Rachelle freelances as a stand-up comedian and host.

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Some Questions I Ask:

Tell me about the day you discovered you were funny? (1:55)

First experience doing standup? (3:55)

On Drama and Comedy (6:00)

On manifestation and her booking of Insecure? (7:25)

How to build a vision board (13:00)

Challenges in between setting goal and the manifestation (15:22)

Being on set of Insecure (21:15)

Lessons she'll carry with her for the rest of her career from this on set experience (27:47)

What is next for you? (30:55)

What book have you gifted the most in the past year? (33:00)