Janine received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from St. Olaf College and MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She's also a graduate of the Second City Conservatory, a sketch comedy writing and improvisational performance training program in Los Angeles. Her stage credit's include favorites Crimes of the Heart, Don't Dress for Dinner, That Other Woman, Woyzeck, Home Free, Uncommon Women and Others, Mishma's Five Modern Noh Plays, Fassbinder's Blood on the Cat's Neck, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Film credits include Mission, Mitr, Enamored, Stonewashed, and The Widow. Janine has taught Puppeteering for Television classes in Los Angeles.