WME Signs Jasmine Sharma, Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist

Mar 3, 2026 6:00am PT WME Signs Jasmine Sharma, Playwright and Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist By Ellise Shafer Plus Icon Ellise Shafer Latest Tyler Perry Sets Firefighter Series ‘Where There’s Smoke’ at Netflix; Tyler Lepley, Mike Merrill and More to Star 31 minutes ago Harry Styles Concert to Stream on Netflix on ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’ Release Weekend 21 hours ago ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Singers EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami Perform ‘Golden’ at BRIT Awards 3 days ago See All Jasmine Sharma, a playwright and performer who was recently a finalist for the prestigious Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, has signed with WME for representation. She will be repped by Lizzy Weingold in the theater department. The New York-based Sharma, who aims to focus her work at the intersection of race, femininity and Americanness, is currently a member of The Kilroys collective, a core writer at the Playwrights’ Center and recently accepted a residency at Brooklyn’s Colt Coeur theater company. Her play, “Pigeonhole,” was a finalist for this year’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the oldest and largest English playwriting honor for women. Related Stories Netflix Boss Ted Sarandos Speaks Out After Losing Warner Bros. Bid: Paramount Offers Were 'Irrational,' Relied on Political Pressure Because It's 'Cheaper to Make Noise' HBO Max and Paramount+ to Combine Into One Streaming Platform, Paramount Says HBO Brand Will 'Operate With Independence' On the acting front, last summer Sharma was part of the ensemble and the understudy for Olivia (Sandra Oh) in the Public Theater’s production of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” the first at the new Delacorte Theater. She also led the play “Love You More” off-Broadway and filmed a supporting role in the upcoming film “Reimagined,” starring Joel McHale and Paula Patton. Popular on Variety Other acting credits include “You Don’t Have to Do Anything” at HERE Arts, “Wives” at Aurora Theatre, “Calvin Berger: A Musical” at Los Angeles’ Colony Theatre and “The Wolves” at Princeton University’s McCarter Theater. “Pigeonhole” is currently in development and was commissioned by L.A.’s Center Theatre Group. Sharma has also penned the plays “Peachy: A Sorta Chekhovian Traumedy” (developed with IAMA Theatre Company, taught/produced at Yale University and a National Playwrights Conference finalist), “The Jazmines: A Rage Play — and for Legal Reasons, a Parody” (also a NPC finalist) and “Radial Gradient,” which world premiered at Chicago’s Shattered Globe Theatre. In addition to “Pigeonhole,” Sharma is developing a play about Usha Vance, the wife of vice president JD Vance. Sharma is repped by Abby Berger at Bohemia Group for management. Jump to Comments ‘Saturday Night Live U.K.’ Sets Lisa Clark as Commissioning Executive ‘SNL’ Takes Aim at ICE During ‘Weekend Update’ After I.C.U. Nurse Is Killed in Minnesota ‘Project Hail Mary’ Casts Puppeteer and Performer James Ortiz as Rocky Connor Storrie Honors Women’s USA Hockey Team After Olympics in ‘SNL’ Monologue Kenan Thompson Says He ‘Definitely’ Thinks About Leaving ‘SNL’: ‘It’s Gonna Suck’ Trump and Pete Hegseth Try to Justify Iran War on ‘SNL’: ‘I Don’t Know What I’m Doing’ JavaScript is required to load the comments. Loading comments...