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Orange Is the New Black From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Orange Is the New Black Orange Is the New Black?is an?American?comedy-drama?series[1]?created by?Jenji Kohan?that first aired on?Netflix?on July 11, 2013.[2]?The series, produced by?Lionsgate Television, is based on?Orange Is the New Black?by?Piper Kerman, a memoir about her experiences in prison.[3]?Orange Is the New Black?stars?Taylor Schilling?as Piper Chapman, a woman imprisoned for transporting drug money. The series also stars?Laura Prepon?as Alex Vause, a drug dealer and Pipers ex-girlfriend;?Michael J. Harney?as prison counselor Sam Healy;?Michelle Hurst?as Miss Claudette, a fellow inmate;?Kate Mulgrew?as the inmate cook Red, and?Jason Biggs?as Pipers fiancé, Larry Bloom. On June 27, 2013, Netflix renewed?Orange Is the New Black?for a second season to be aired in 2014.[4] Premise[edit] Orange Is the New Black?revolves around Piper Chapman (Schilling), a woman from Connecticut living in New York City, who is sentenced to 15 months in a womens federal prison in Litchfield, NY, for transporting a suitcase full of drug money for Alex Vause (Prepon), an international drug smuggler and Chapmans former lover. The offense occurred ten years prior to the start of the series, and in that time Chapman had moved on to a quiet law-abiding life among New Yorks upper middle class. Cast[edit] Main article:?List of characters from Orange Is the New Black Main cast[edit] Taylor Schilling?as Piper Chapman: Piper is sent to prison for carrying drug money for her former girlfriend, Alex, and navigates the stresses it creates in her life and with her fiancé Larry. While in prison, Piper tries to understand and find her place in the hierarchy and reexamines her relationship with Alex, who is also an inmate. Laura Prepon?as Alex Vause: Pipers former girlfriend, also serving time in the same prison. While growing up in a lower socioeconomic class, with a mother working four jobs and a washed-up rock star as a father,