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Janine Nabers Signs With Theresa Kang's Blue Marble Management
Janine Nabers is a writer who creates TV shows and plays.
She has a new team to help her, called Blue Marble Management.
The team is run by Theresa Kang and also helps other famous TV writers.
Janine is best known for a show called Swarm, which she made with famous actor Donald Glover.
Swarm won a big prize called the NAACP Image Award.
Now she is working on a new show called Shani, based on a doll from the 1990s, for Amazon and the toy company Mattel.
She is also working on her third big TV deal with Amazon.
Before Swarm, she wrote for popular shows like Atlanta and Watchmen.
She was the first Black woman to win the Yale Drama Series prize for her play Serial Black Face.
This fall, a new play she wrote, The Peterson Show, opens in Los Angeles.
Janine Nabers has signed with Theresa Kang's Blue Marble Management for representation across film, television, and all media.
Nabers co-created and executive produced Prime Video's Swarm with Donald Glover, which won the 2024 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Limited Series.
She is currently under her third overall television deal with Amazon and is developing Shani, a series based on the iconic '90s doll, for Amazon and Mattel.
Her previous credits include FX's Atlanta (Peabody Award), HBO's Watchmen (WGA Award), Away, Dietland, UnREAL, and Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce.
Her play The Peterson Show gets its world premiere with the Echo Theater Company in Los Angeles this fall, running Sept. 19 through Oct. 26.
- Who
- Janine Nabers, a writer, playwright, and producer, who signed with Theresa Kang's Blue Marble Management.
- What
- Nabers signed with Blue Marble Management for representation across film, television, and all media, while continuing to develop the Amazon/Mattel series Shani.
- Where
- Los Angeles, where The Peterson Show will debut with the Echo Theater Company; no location is given for the signing itself.
- When
- The announcement date is not specified in the article; Nabers' play The Peterson Show is scheduled to premiere this fall, running Sept. 19 through Oct. 26.
- Why
- To take on new management representation as Nabers expands her career in television, film, and theater, including her third overall television deal with Amazon.
Key facts
- Management Company
- Blue Marble Management, founded by Theresa Kang
- Representation Scope
- Film, television, and all media
- Signature Credit
- Co-creator and executive producer of Prime Video's Swarm with Donald Glover
- Awards for Swarm
- 2024 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Limited Series; Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series
- Current Amazon Deal
- Third overall television deal with Amazon
- Upcoming Project
- Shani, a series based on the iconic '90s doll, for Amazon and Mattel; would be Mattel's first premium scripted series
- Play Premiere
- The Peterson Show, Sept. 19 - Oct. 26, Echo Theater Company, Los Angeles
- Additional Representation
- WME and Mahdi Salehi of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller
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