Creation Grounds

By Arron LloydTV & Film Arts Performing Arts

Creation Grounds episodes

January 07, 2021 Episode 43 - Jacob Evans - On Depression, Addiction & Healing
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West Virgina born Jake Evans was an all state jazz musician in high school and studied law at WVU College of Law, receiving honors such as Student Body Vice President, Student Governor, Academic Advisor, serving as Chairman of the Board of Governors, Outstanding delegate three times over for the National Model United Nations conferences, just to name a few. He graduated with honors from WVU with a BA in Political Science and Philosophy for his undergrad.

Jacob struggled with depression and attempted suicide at 11 and later struggled with substance abuse. His 2nd year in law school he decided to go through the journey of healing. He now has a passion for helping others do the same. Jacob uses his intimate knowledge of substance abuse, personal development strategies, life skills, and unique interventions to assist others in any facet of life they wish to improve upon. Jacob has helped individuals and their families combat addictions and other life struggles for 3 years. Jacob provides the guiding hand and structural framework that will result in anyone taking hold of their lives and becoming their truest selves.

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Some Questions I Ask:

Tell me about your early years and where you grew up (2:57)

On music and his high school years (8:49)

On first use (12:25)

On depression early and life and attempted suicide (12:58)

What are qualities of an addictive personality and how can one get in front of severe addiction if they have that kind of personality (16:40)

What causes addiction? (17:59)

Beliefs/myths held by people who aren't addicted about people who do suffer from addiction (20:05)

More details about his first use with context & pretext (24:32)

What was the thing that led to the decision for him to be sober (32:53)

How he got sober and how others can. On Cognitive Restructuring (43:10)

What resources can those struggling with addiction or people who have loved ones struggling with addiction tap into? (46:50)

What he's passionate about (50:48)

When you think of the word creative who comes to mind and why? (54:15)

How can people connect with you? (57:35)

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January 07, 2021 Episode 42 - Michele Baldwin - Staying Positive & Creative During Quarantine
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Multifaceted Michele Baldwin joins me for the 42nd episode of The Creation Grounds. With the pandemic going on and 2020 being a year to remember Michele discusses how she's been staying positive and creative during quarantine in New York City.

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Some Questions I Ask:

Last good book she read? (2:01)

Words of encouragement and advice to her younger self? (7:07)

How she got out of dark places and how others can (9:12)

What was going on in her head when we first got into quarantine (16:30)

Low point during quarantine and how she turned it around? (21:04)

On her documentary "Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth" (24:25)

Her creative process? (26:25)

About "An Actors Life"? (28:40)

A purchase of $100 or less that has improved her life in the past year (32:10)

What stories interest you the most right now? (35:05)

What are you working on right now? (37:00)

When you think of the word creative who comes to mind? (39:53) ____________
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January 07, 2021 Episode 41 - Pernell Walker - Grad School, Her Career, & On helpful words for actors
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South Bronx native Pernell Walker holds her M.F.A from Actors Studio Drama School and joins me for the 41st episode of The Creation Grounds. We discuss Pernell has steadily been working and has been in the Sundance Film Festival short "Pariah" directed by Dee Rees. She's been featured in Ava Duverney's "When They See Us" and "The Deuce" on HBO. Look out for her in future projects that she can't speak about just yet.
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Some Questions I Ask:

Growing up in South Bronx (1:52)

Earliest acting memory(2:57)

On college and grad school (10:39)

What advice would she give a freshman version of herself with the knowledge she has now? (13:23)

First year out of grad school (18:01)

On booking Pariah and being on set (21:53)

Lessons on set (26:03)

Experience on Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (28:17)

Book she's gifted the most in the past year (29:54)

Movie that has resonated with her the most in last year? (33:54)

Role she is most proud of (35:30)

What she loves most about acting (36:10)

What she is working on right now (39:10)

When she thinks of the word creative who comes to mind and why (41:37)

Where can people connect with you? (42:04)

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January 06, 2021 Episode 40 - Khalil Kain - On his experience working w/ 2Pac, his new play, & his impactful career
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New York native Khalil Kain joins me for the 40th episode of The Creation Grounds. We discuss everything from advice for up and coming actors, his illustrious and culturally impactful career, working with 2Pac in juice and some on set memories, the impact of Charles Weldon (the former artistic director of The Negro Ensemble Company) on his life and his new play "Lambs to Slaughter."
Khalil has an impactful and illustrious career spanning from his roles in things from his work in the hood classic "Juice" as Raheem directed by Ernest Dickerson and starring 2Pac, to his work with Larenz Tate and Nia Long in the love classic Love Jones, to Darnell in Girlfriends with Tracee Elllis Ross, and For Colored Girls directed by Tyler Perry and starring Janet Jackson & Anika Noni Rose.
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Some Questions I Ask:
Upbringing in NYC? (1:32)
What is the most impactful lesson he's learned from his father (an original member of The Last Poets) (3:25)
On his early days at The Roxy and in the rink (5:03)
What movie or TV has moved him the most recently? (9:36)
Top 3 memories from the set of "Juice"? (13:59)
Why Juice has stood the test of time (18:53)
On a scene between Bishop and Raheem and how they prepared (21:53)
What he thinks Pac would be doing if he were around today (26:19)
Love Jones & Girlfriends (28:17)
Advice to up and coming actors? (33:55)
The late Charles Weldon's impact on him (35:23)
On the idea to write his new play "Lambs to Slaughter"? (43:00)
Challenges and joys of the writing of "Lambs to Slaughter" (48:43)
What he desires to do next (53:03)
When he thinks of the word creative who comes to mind and why? (55:24)
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January 06, 2021 Episode 39 - Daniel Carlton - On "Yes And", Using History as Guide & Black Theater
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Actor, writer, director, poet Daniel Carlton joins me for the 39th episode of The Creation Grounds to chat how he's adapted Yes And in improv as a way of living his life and the benefits, his love of history and how it's impacted and continues to impact his work and how you can use the power of history to inform your work & Black theater and movies and how black artists can find and learn about black material and what some barriers may have been or be to discovering more black material.
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Some Questions I Ask:
Where were you born? (1:45)
If a poet could pen the experience of your childhood who would that poet be? (2:30)
Influences on decision to be an actor (3:20)
What draws him to do work in jails, shelters and schools (4:41)
What is "Yes and" and what it means to him (7:58)
What theater piece has resonated with him most in his life (14:48)
What are the biggest barriers of a black actor knowing more of the black theater cannon (19:14)
Favorite moment in history (26:55)
Has has history informed current work (33:55)
Top 5 black plays? (41:32)
Top 5 black movies (44:34)
What book have you gifted the most in the past year? (48:27)
Currently working on? (49:23)
When he thinks of the word creative who is the first person that comes to mind and why? (52:52)
How can people connect with him (54:11)
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January 06, 2021 Episode 38 - Jessica Genadry - On her campaign to play Katara in Avatar: The Last Airbender & Martial Arts
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Tik tok influencer Jessica Genadry joins me for the 38th episode of The Creation Grounds to chat martial arts and her experience receiving her black belt overseas, her love for Katara on Avatar: The Last Airbender, her campaign for the role, the push back she got for campaigning for the role, her thoughts on the push back and message to those who disagree with her campaign.
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Some Questions I Ask:
Martial Arts (1:54)
Receiving black belt overseas (3:57)
Interest in acting (5:30)
On her viral tik tok video? (6:30)
Avatar the last airbender (7:01)
On Katara and why she loves her (9:28)
On when her tik tok video first started going viral (10:24)
Why she got pushback for her campaign to play the role (11:11)
On her growth and if those who disagree have a point (12:58)
On her intial snapchat response? (14:50)
How she's grown from the experience (16:32)
What she wishes those who disagree with her knew that they may not know? (17:09)
Open to other roles other than Katara? (18:24)

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January 05, 2021 Episode 37 - Stephen Adly Guirgis - Writing Process, Writing Tangibles & Intangibles, & New Work
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The Get Down: Netflix
Episode 37 of Creation Grounds features Pulitzer prize winning playwright/actor Stephen Adly Guirgis who most recently wrote "Halfway Bitches Go Straight To Heaven." His work has been seen on Broadway with the production of "The Motherf*cker with the Hat" with Chris Rock & Bobby Cannavale and he's been a member of Labyrinth Theater Company since the beginning.
He's co-created Netflix's "The Get Down" with Baz Luhrmann and has an amazing catalogue of plays that are performed nationally and internationally on 5 continents. As an actor, he's been featured in projects like "Birdman" and can be seen in an upcoming Laker's project that has yet to be released. And to top it off he's a dope, authentic, down to earth tell it like it is human being. We talk about his writing process, how to get through writer's block, how a writer can mentally and emotionally prepare for the the differences/similarities in writing for the stage or TV if TV is something a writer is interested in, tangible and intangible things actors can work on to improve their craft, the beginning days of Labyrinth Theater Company, ideal traits he'd love in a director who directs his work, his experience on "The Get Down", the genesis of his latest project "Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven" and much much more. Enjoy this amazing interview with Guirgis.

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Some Questions I Ask:
What question he wishes interviews started with that they never or rarely do? (4:12)
What he is currently listening to? (4:44)
A piece of art that was a major influence in his life. (6:34)
What led up to the moment of him wanting to do plays (7:45)
What is the most challenging part of writing? (10:30)
What do you enjoy most about writing? (16:13)
Describe a moment of writer's block and how he overcomes it (17:52)
On the orgins of LAByrinth Theater (22:39)
What are 2 traits he would want in a director that directs his work (26:15)
Differences of writing for theater vs TV (29:15)
His experience working on "The Get Down"? (34:25)
On Philip Seymour Hoffman's influence on his acting (39:30)
Acting Tangibles & Intangible's. Can an ungifted actor become gifted? Or is it God given (43:57)
Favorite role and why (44:18)
What's it mean to truly support those around you? (47:28)
Favorite word (47:50)
Least favorite word (48:10)
Book he's gifted the most (48:20)
On Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (49:07)
When you think of the word creative who comes to mind and why? (54:13)
Where can people connect with you? (56:17)
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January 04, 2021 Episode 36 - Benja K Thomas - Creating Character, Belief, & Smiling Through it All
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IG: Instagram
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Obie award winning actress Benja Thomas joins me for the 36th episode of The Creation Grounds. Benja was most recently seen in the production of "Halfway Bitches Go Straight To Heaven." by Stephen Adly Guirgis. We talk about her brief interest in wanting to be a nun, growing up in Harlem, belief in yourself before anybody else believes, her process of creating a character for a new play, working with Guirgis & much more!
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Some Questions I Ask:
Background in Photography? (2:00)
How does your photography influence your acting and vice versa? (2:57)
Growing up in Harlem (3:38)
Interest in being a nun? (5:20)
Tell me about the moment or the moments leading up to wanting to be an actor (6:50)
Beautiful art? (8:45)
Writing during Covid-19? (10:35)
What is it to believe in yourself before others believe in you (12:00)
Developing believe before evidence of results (14:00)
On process of creating her character in Halfway Bitches by Stephen Adly Guirgis? (16:33)
On her Obie winning experience? (20:25)
What makes you smile the most right now? (23:25)
Motto in Times Square (24:01)
Projects working on now or in future? (25:35)
When you think of the word creative who comes to mind for you and why? (27:09)
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January 01, 2021 Episode 35 - Shanna Sharp - Music, How Real Estate Helped her be Debt Free & Business Ownership
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Business: Mess Hall

This episode features Shanna Sharp, Singer/Songwriter, Realtor and business owner. This is the 3rd part of the 3 part series on financial literacy, and how balancing acting and real estate can lead to that for any artists interested in real estate. Shanna discusses her first 6 months in NYC, the kismet of arriving and getting a meeting with a major record label, opening her business, paying off all of her debt and how artists can use real estate to do the same.
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Some Questions I Ask:
Describe her childhood with a musical instrument (2:05)
How her interest in arts began (2:38)
Transition to NYC? (3:05)
First 6 months in NYC (5:27)
Top artistic memories up to this point? (9:03)
Why do some artists have an aversion to real estate? (12:12)
What advantages do artists have in the real estate space? (13:25)
How Bohemia Realty Group can help artists? (14:48)
On her business Mess Hall in Harlem? (15:25)
What skills gained in real estate can help your artistic career? (17:05)
On balancing real estate and artistic career (19:00)
On paying her last piece of debt? (20:44)
What are you currently aiming for in artistic and real estate career (22:55)
What are 3 things an artist needs to know before getting into real estate (24:29)
For artists not interested in real estate but inspired by your career what advice would you give them? (27:05)
When you think of the word creative who comes to mind and why? (29:38)
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January 01, 2021 Episode 34 - Brian Letendre - Broadway & Parellel Careers with Real Estate
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Julliard MFA grad, Broadway performer/dancer, real estate agent Brian Letendre joins me for the 2nd part of this 3 part series of financial literacy for artists.
This is the 2nd part of the 3 part series on financial literacy, and how balancing acting and real estate can lead to that for any artists interested in real estate. Brian discusses the top 2 lessons from Julliard that he still applies to his career today, the moments leading up to his Broadway debut, how real estate can serve your artistic career and 3 things an artist should know prior to getting involved with real estate the good, bad and ugly.
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Some Questions I Ask:
How he developed his interest in the arts (1:48)
If a choreographer made an interpretive piece to represent his life who would it be and why? (2:41)
Top lessons that he keeps with him today from Julliard? (3:40)
First months out of Julliard in NYC (5:06)
Tell me about the moments leading up to Broadway debut (6:45)
Favorite stage door memory (9:10)
Tell me about the moments leading up to Bohemia Realty Group (10:24)
Why do artists have such an aversion to real estate? (11:55)
What advantages does an artist have over traditional real estate agent (13:58)
How can Bohemia Realty help an artist in real estate (15:25)
3 pieces of advice for artists (17:08)
What skill can real estate give to an artist concerning their artistic career (18:08)
What are you currently aiming for in your real estate career and artistic career (19:35)
What are 3 pieces of advice for artists wanting to get into real estate (22:17)
For artists not intersted in real estate but inspired by your career what piece of advice would you give them? (24:10)
When you think of the word creative who comes to mind and why? (26:10)
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You can follow Arron at:
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The Creation Grounds Podcast is a podcast in which in each episode, I interview primarily diverse actors, writers, and other people in creative industries to bring awareness to what they are doing and involved in, to deconstruct how they got to where they are, inspiration, motivation and specific actionable tools, tactics and strategies that you can apply to your own life as an artist and as a human. This includes favorite books, morning routines, exercise habits, time-management tricks, and much more.

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