Synopsis of DINETTE Season 2: The staff and regulars of a Brooklyn-based diner scramble to keep their favorite hangout afloat after the sudden death of its owner. Mick (Drae Campbell), Dee (Donna Wood), Karolena (Karolena Theresa), White Rachel (Jaqueline Fouasnon) and Jaq (Jude Dry) juggle one situation after another when the new owner, Luisa (Alysia Reiner), shows up. Meanwhile, Norah (Maeve Higgins) and Lucille (Mona Chalabi) are busy helping a Syrian asylum seeker (Karim Nematt) who’s hiding out in a local church.
CAST:
Alysia Reiner (“Luisa”) is an American actress and producer. Reiner is best known for playing Natalie "Fig" Figueroa in the Netflix comedy drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019), for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as part of the ensemble cast. She recently entered the world of Marvel Cinematic Universe when she joined the cast of Ms. Marvel.
Maeve Higgins (“Norah”) is an Irish comedian from Cobh, County Cork. She was a principal actor and writer of the RTÉ production Naked Camera, as well as for her own show Maeve Higgins' Fancy Vittles. She stars in the SXSW breakout comedy Extra Ordinary and appears regularly on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.
Michelle Hurst is an American actress. She played Miss Claudette Pelage in the first season of the streaming television series Orange Is the New Black.
Karolena Theresa (“Karolena”) is a New York-based, Queens-native, stand-up comedian, actress, comedy writer, comedic improviser, and short plus-size model. She is a tour member of Awkward Sex and the City and a recent cast member of the production's Handmaid's Tale: The Musical. Her podcast Hoes With Feelings was just written up in Vulture.
Additional Cast:
Luisa: Alysia Reiner (Orange Is the New Black, Better Things, Ms. Marvel)
Norah: Maeve Higgins: (Extra Ordinary, High Maintenance, Inside Amy Schumer)
Lucille: Mona Chalabi (The Fix, Star Talk)
Michelle Hurst (Orange Is the New Black)
Inga: Lisa Haas: (Search Party, Foxy Merkins)
Mick: Drae Campbell (Bull)
Dee: Donna Wood
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BRIC is a leading arts and media institution anchored in Downtown Brooklyn whose work spans contemporary visual and performing arts, media, and civic action. For over forty years, BRIC has shaped Brooklyn's cultural and media landscape by presenting and incubating artists, creators, students, and media makers. As a creative catalyst for our community, we ignite learning in people of all ages and centralize diverse voices that take risks and drive culture forward. BRIC is building Brooklyn's creative future.
BRIC TV is Brooklyn’s only nonprofit cable channel and digital network. With an audience of tastemakers and a reach of millions, it is the voice of the borough—reflecting the best that Brooklyn has to offer and telling Brooklyn’s story to itself and to the world. The Emmy award-winning lineup delivers documentary series, hyper-local news, politics, music, comedy, scripted series and more. BRIC TV is community television with an edge, a megaphone for the under-represented, a patron of the independent arts, and the home of trendsetting artists, musicians, and other makers.
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