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Black Theatre Coalition co-founders T. Oliver Reid, Warren Adams, and Reginald “Reggie” Van Lee, along with Executive Director Olivia Jones and Program Director Tom Andre Bardwell, announced today a new partnership with AMC Networks.

Black Theatre Coalition continues to provide opportunities for Black professionals by placing them in various roles across American Theatre. In year two, Btc will illuminate the talents of those interested in Film and TV with a Production and Casting Fellowship with AMC Networks.

“There is so much opportunity and intersectionality between television, theater and film,” said Naila McKenzie, VP of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at AMC Networks. “We are thrilled to be Black Theater Coalition’s first partner in TV and film, and for the opportunity to work together to equip the next generation of Black storytellers with transferable skills and invaluable relationships in casting and production.”

Btc has selected a Casting Fellow to work with...

NBC has put in development Olivia Jones Is My Girlfriend, a multi-camera comedy from Warner Bros. TV. Written/co-exec produced by Laura Gutin (Enlisted, 1600 Penn), it about the unlikely friendship between a girl who’s never had a boyfriend and a girl who has never had any girl friends. Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer exec produce. Gutin is with UTA. ABC has given a script commitment with penalty to an untitled project from Aaron Kaplan‘s Kapital Entertainment and ABC Studios. Written by Laura Solon, it centers on an uncompromising blue-collar nanny who finds the biggest challenge of caring for an 8-year-old boy is living with his self-assured bachelor dad. Gersh-repped Solon won the Perrier Award at the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Fest.