Exclusive: Abbi Jacobson and Chanté Adams talk Prime Video's A League of Their Own TV Series
Currently playing on Prime Video from Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television are all eight episodes of the highly anticipated new series A League of Their Own.
A League of Their Own evokes the joyful spirit of Penny Marshall's beloved classic, while widening the lens to tell the story of an entire generation of women who dreamed of playing professional baseball. The show takes a deeper look at race and sexuality, following the journey of a whole new ensemble of characters as they carve their own paths towards the field, both in the league and outside of it
The series stars Abbi Jacobson as Carson, Chanté Adams as Max, D'Arcy Carden as Greta, Gbemisola Ikumelo as Clance, Roberta Colindrez as Lupe, Nick Offerman as Dove, Saidah Arrika Ekulona as Toni, Kate Berlant as Shirley, Kendall Johnson as Gary, Kelly McCormack as Jess, Alex Désert as Edgar, Priscilla Delgado as Esti, Aaron Jennings as Guy, Molly Ephraim as Maybelle, Melanie Field as Jo, and Dale Dickey as Beverly.
As the Co-Creator and Executive Producer of the series, Jacobson was also the co-creator, writer, director, executive producer and star of the critically acclaimed show Broad City, which was nominated by the Writers Guild of America for ‘Best Comedy Series.’ Most recently, Abbi can be heard voicing the character “Katie Mitchell,” a creative outsider who is accepted into the school of her dreams, in the Netflix animated film The Mitchells vs. The Machines, which was Oscar nominated for Best Animated Film.
Adams was recently the lead opposite Michael B. Jordan in Sony’s 2021 Christmas film, A Journal for Jordan, directed by Denzel Washington. Chanté was recently seen on Broadway in the Dominique Morisseau’s production of Skeleton Crew, where she starred opposite Phylicia Rashad and directed by Tony Award winner, Ruben Santiago-Hudson. She previously starred in Universal’s romantic drama, The Photograph, opposite Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield directed by Stella Meghie. Adams was the recipient of the Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Performance at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival for her powerful portrayal of 80’s hip-hop pioneer Roxanne Shante in Michael Larnell’s biopic Roxanne Roxanne.
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Jacobson and Adams on their roles and the sport of baseball.
