We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Prince E. Mayes-Sullivan. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Prince E. below.

Prince, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Has your work ever been misunderstood or mischaracterized?

Being someone in a wheelchair is a blessing and a curse. I’m unique and people love uniqueness; unless they have no idea what box to put you in. This has happened to me as an actor. I usually get the part because I’m disabled or vise versa. It really wasn’t until I started producing and writing content that I got a chance to show the world me. Believe me, It’s still hard and sometimes you get discouraged. At the same time, I love being a creative and having my own production company, Prince Entertainment, it really encourages me to keep going to produce content for everyone!

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I’m from Motown! Detroit, MI and I have been in love with performing since I can remember. My whole family did something artsy. Singing, radio, dancing and I picked up writing, acting producing, etc… Right out of high school I started my production company, Prince Entertainment. This has given me platforms to produce plays, write/publish and even work on tv/movie content. The knowledge of my 10+ years of training has allowed me to know what a great script is, how a character should live or what city to produce the production in. This isn’t work for me this is my passion. I love working with eager artist hungry to just create and be free. I’ve built my company on the foundation that every production, book, actor, crew member is always treated and feels like a production fit for royalty.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can provide some insight – you never know who might benefit from the enlightenment.

“You make it look easy”, said no creative person ever. Rather it’s writing a script, becoming a character or a “simple audition”; there are hours of work put in to make sure you get the best production ever. It takes time to cook, perform surgery or landscape a home. The same is true in the world of entertainment. So the next time you’re watching tv, going to a play or reading a book, remember some really hard work was put into it.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

Life is a give and take sorta deal. You give and you receive and sometimes with interest. I’ve always wrote my own scripts. So of course going in to the tv landscape why would I think differently? Well, I learned very fast that me writing everything would burn me out. I didn’t write for months and my mental really health suffered because of it. The lesson is find your strengths and weaknesses; then problem solve. For me it was getting a writing partner/consultant. Now as aa team we can write 22 episodes, have fun performing and have a personal life!

Contact Info:

• Website: linker.ee/princedirector

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Travis Smith, Tyrone Holmes and Consumers Energy