Amanda Seales
Amanda Seales, is an Artistic Intellectual who uses humor and information to entertain and educate.
She seamlessly weaves together the scholarship of a Master’s degree in African American studies from Columbia University and an unwavering dedication to social justice, with her skill sets as a comedian, writer, visual artist and more creating an eco-system of original content under, the banner of her independent entity Smart Funny & Black Productions. Previous credits include: the role of “Tiffany DuBois” on HBO’s hit series Insecure, her HBO stand up comedy special, “I Be Knowin”, former cohost on daytime talk show, “The Real”, host of NBCs “Bring the Funny,” and the host/writer of the groundbreaking 2020 BET Awards. She speaks truth to change via her wildly popular Patreon #, weekly podcast, “Small Doses”, and book by the same name. Centering community building in her comedy, she is also the creator/host of the touring variety game show, “Smart Funny & Black”. Her most recent piece, What Would the Ancestors Say?? is a one woman show that combines comedy, characters, and historical commentary.
A truth translator and innovator Amanda Seales is single handedly creating a new blueprint for multi-hyphenate conscious creatives to flourish.
Smart Funny & Black Productions Inc.
Established and operated by comedian/writer/producer, Amanda Seales (HBO Insecure/The Real/author of Small Doses) Smart Funny & Black Productions Inc., is an independently funded and operated production company dedicated to edutainment. The multimedia company
brings your favorite funny folks to the, “Hall of Flava”* to compete, in a head to head battle of wits that tests their knowledge of Black history, Black culture, and the Black experience. After a night of fun as hell games, flanked by a live band, and a turnt up audience, each show ends with one guest, taking the crown, and being inducted into the, “Illustrious League of Master Blacksperts”! SFB in Da Crib strengthens unity by providing a safe space to be your whole Black self and link with the people through the shared culture that binds US!
