Abbi Jacobson, Whitney Peak & Susie Essman To Star In ‘Huge Envelopes’ – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Abbi Jacobson, Whitney Peak and Susie Essman are among the many forged for Audible’s new scripted comedy podcast collection about school admissions.

The trio are starring in Huge Envelopes, which was created by Aaron Eisenberg and Will Eisenberg and produced by Treefort Media.

A League of Their Personal star Jacobson, Gossip Woman star Peak and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Essman can be joined by Judy Greer (Archer), Timothy Simons (Veep), Aaron Taylor Jennings (Grand Crew), and The Sklar Brothers (Dumb Individuals City) within the comedy collection.

Launching on December 14, the collection is a satire that offers listeners a  peek behind the ivy curtain of the juggernaut $10B school admissions business.

It was once: Make good grades, get good SAT scores, write a very good essay, and also you had been in your solution to a very good school. Now? Kiss that world goodbye. Benefit isn’t a positive factor. Connections are every thing. And cash talks—quite a bit. 

Enter Kelly Pritzker (Jacobson), a shrewd, New Jersey-based school “guide” who isn’t above faking athletic profiles, seducing directors, greasing palms, and juicing GPAs. On the subject of getting the underqualified and uber-privileged into the Ivy League, Kelly’s the closest factor you’ll discover to a assure… for those who can afford her, that’s. 

However after an admissions scandal breaks on the West Coast, nameless letters begin showing in Kelly’s mailbox, threatening to take down her complete operation. And when a mysterious teenager, Hadley (Peak), exhibits up at her door, a revelation about each of their pasts begins to upend Kelly’s current.

The six-episode collection was written by WGA-award nominated group Aaron Eisenberg & Will Eisenberg, who additionally direct. Huge Envelopes is produced by Treefort Media, and government produced by the Eisenbergs, Jacobson, and Aaron Brown.

Huge Envelopes is the Eisenbergs’ first audio collection and reunites them with Greer, who starred in Good Boy, which they wrote for Blumhouse Tv’s horror collection Into the Darkish. Their credit additionally embrace the horror-comedy Cursed Mates, which premiered on Comedy Central in 2022.

“We’re honored to carry the wit of the Eisenberg brothers to life via these characters,” mentioned Kelly Garner, CEO and Founding father of Treefort Media. “We’re assured that listeners can be as drawn into these laugh-out loud situations as we had been.”

The Eisenbergs are repped by Avalon Administration, CAA, and legal professional Derek Kroeger. Jacobson is repped by UTA.  Essman is represented by Buchwald. Greer is represented by CAA, Artists First, and Felker, Toczek, Suddleson, Abramson, Mcginnis, Ryan LLP.  Simons is represented by UTA. Jennings is represented by Progressive Artists. The Sklar Brothers are represented by Artists First. Treefort Media is represented by CAA. Peak is repped at CAA, Cover Media Companions, Play Administration, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein.