Maria Dizzia to Step in for Annie Parisse in The Layover Off-Broadway

Tony nominee Maria Dizzia will step into The Layover off-Broadway. She takes over for Annie Parisse in the role of Shellie beginning September 6. Parisse, who is leaving the show to film the Netflix comedy Friends from College, will play her final performance on September 4. The Leslye Headland drama opened officially at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theatre on August 25 and is scheduled to run through September 18.

Dizzia received a Tony nomination in 2010 for her Broadway debut in In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play). Her additional stage credits include Eurydice and Belleville off-Broadway. She has appeared on screen in the films While We’re Young, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Margin Call, Rachel Getting Married and True Story as well as Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black and more.

The Layover follows Shellie and Dex, who meet on a delayed flight. Stuck in Chicago, the two get to know each other and have a romantic encounter that ultimately sends both of their lives into upheaval.

The cast also features Adam Rothenberg, Quincy Dunn-Baker, Arica Himmel, John Procaccino and Amelia Workman.