{"id":354712,"date":"2025-12-17T20:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/354712\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T20:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:07:08","slug":"fina-strazza-joins-peacock-comedy-dig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/354712\/","title":{"rendered":"Fina Strazza\u00a0Joins Peacock Comedy \u2018Dig\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/peacock\/\" id=\"auto-tag_peacock\" data-tag=\"peacock\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Peacock<\/a> is digging up some more names for its upcoming comedy reunion between Mike Schur and Amy Poehler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTony-nominated actor <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/fina-strazza\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fina-strazza\" data-tag=\"fina-strazza\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fina Strazza<\/a> has joined the cast of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dig\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dig\" data-tag=\"dig\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dig<\/a>, the series which reunites the Parks and Recreation pair with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/hugh-laurie-dig-amy-poehler-peacock-series-mike-schur-1236645436\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hugh Laurie also starring.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBased on Kate Myers\u2019 book\u00a0Excavation,\u00a0Dig\u00a0is centered on four women \u2014 one of them played by Poehler \u2014 working at an archeological dig in Greece who are at wildly different crossroads in their lives. When the team uncovers a long-buried secret with the potential to rewrite history, they find themselves at the center of a high-stakes international conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStrazza will play Patty, the undergraduate assistant to Laurie\u2019s Neville, a British professor who sincerely loves archaeology. Patty is in way over her head and the dig represents the first time she has ever been outside of the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe cast also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/12\/geraldine-viswanathan-amy-poehler-dig-1236648192\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Geraldine Viswanathan.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSchur and Poehler co-wrote the pilot script, with J.J. Philbin also serving as a writer on the series. The trio executive produce alongside Morgan Sackett, director Dean Holland as well as Dave Becky and David Miner for 3 Arts, Sharon Jackson for Ocean Avenue, and Kate Arend and Jordan Grief for Poehler\u2019s Paper Kite. Myers is co-executive producer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStrazza received a 2025 Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Beth Powell in Broadway show John Proctor Is the Villain. She also recently starred in Netflix feature Fear Street: Prom Queen and Amazon series Paper Girls. She has also recurred on Law &amp; Order: SVU and guest-starred on FBI: Most Wanted and Madam Secretary. Strazza made her Broadway debut at just 8 years old in the title role of Matilda the Musical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tShe is repped by Paradigm, Mara Entertainment and\u00a0Jackoway Austen Tyerman. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peacock is digging up some more names for its upcoming comedy reunion between Mike Schur and Amy Poehler.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[176155,88,176156,220,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-354712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-dig","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-fina-strazza","11":"tag-peacock","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}