( CNN ) -- Comedian Mike Birbiglia has a new role on lock down . According to The Hollywood Reporter , the comic actor will appear in Season 3 of the hit Netflix series `` Orange is the New Black '' which is set in a women 's prison . Birbiglia , whose 2012 film `` Sleepwalk With Me '' adapted from his one-man show was critically acclaimed , has been on a roll lately with his career . He appeared in the 2014 film `` The Fault in Our Stars , '' and will next be seen in the film reboot of the musical `` Annie , '' starring Quvenzhane Wallis , Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz . No details have been released about Birbiglia 's character as the show maintains a strict level of secrecy . But showrunner Jenji Kohan told THR in an earlier interview that the next season will be `` about faith , to a certain extent . '' 'Orange is the New Black ' season 2 : What 's the verdict ?
The comic will appear on Season 3 . Birbiglia appeared in `` The Fault in Our Stars '' as the character of a young girl named Rachel who is bullied by her classmates and has to deal with it all alone.