Uber-hyphenate Emerson Collins jams with author and Emmy-honored casting director Bonnie Gillespie about arching from authenticity, whether we can predict what our fans will love, and giving everyone the chance to be amazing.
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Emerson Collins is an actor, director, and producer best known for four seasons of BRAVO’s The People’s Couch and RENT on FOX. He produced and starred in Del Shores’ Sordid Lives sequel, A Very Sordid Wedding which opened in 60 cities. He produced and starred in Southern Baptist Sissies, which won 15 film festival awards including one for Emerson as Best Actor in a Feature Film. He produced Blues for Willadean, starring Beth Grant and Octavia Spencer. Emerson also produced the world premiere of Del Shores’ play Yellow, winner of the LA Drama Critic’s Circle Award for Best Production, Sordid Lives: The Series for LOGO, and a national tour of Sordid Lives and Southern Baptist Sissies on stage. Emerson won the Desert Theatre League Award for Best Actor in a Comedy for his performance in the regional theatre premiere of Buyer & Cellar and hosted the number-one UBN Radio show for three years on LGBTQ news. Emerson was honored as one of the OUT 100, teaches acting and producing workshops, and appears regularly as a speaker on LGBTQ representation in film.
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