¡Someone ExtraordinariX!

Immigration, Latinx and LGBTQ+ Experience Explored in

¡Someone ExtraordinariX!

Limited engagement runs May 1 – 18 at The Players Theatre

Immigration, the Latinx and LGBTQ+ experience is explored in the new dark comedy ¡Someone ExtraordinariX! written by Chilean playwright Poli Olavarria. The production will have its World Premiere at The Players Theatre in the West Village. The limited engagement runs May 1 – 18 with opening night slated for May 1. Brazilian director Daniely Martins directs.

It’s present-day Manhattan, and Chilean immigrant Mona is coming up on her Visa deadline. As she tries to stay employed, auditioning, and in the country, she encounters Maggie, an All-American songwriter, who just can’t let things go, and Vicho, a Mexican actor and playwright who has more in common with Mona than she might think. Helped and/or hindered by Someone, Mona tries to navigate her upcoming deadlines, a perma-intoxicated boss, a budding relationship, and the ‘endless loneliness that comes with being alive’. ¡Someone ExtraordinariX! poses the question: how does it feel when the one thing you want doesn’t want you back?

The cast features Sophie Morrison (The Banality of Evil/The Brick) as Someone, Poli Olavarria (August: Osage County at Finis Terrae) as Mona, Vincent Rame (Broadway World Award for best performance in the play 9/10) as Vicho, and Lauryn Savela (Hearts Like Planets by Adam Szymkowicz at AADA) as Maggie.

The creative/production team includes Micah Carlsen (sound design), Goran Popovich (scenic and properties designer), and Francesca Pecchi (stage management).

Performances run May 1 – 18 with shows Thursday – Saturday at 7pm, and Sundays at 3pm. Running time: 1:40. The Players Theatre (Steve and Marie Sgouros Theatre) is located at 115 MacDougal Street (btw 3rd Street & Minetta Lane), New York, NY 10012. Tickets are $52 for general admission and $77 for VIP tickets. More info available at www.linktr.ee/someoneextraordinarix.

BIOGRAPHIES

Poli Olavarria (Playwright/Mona) is a playwright, actor, and musician who arrived in New York in 2021 to study at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Prior to NYC, Poli studied and worked in theatre as a playwright, actor and director in London and her home country of Chile. Some of her acting credits include Ivy in August: Osage County, Boochie in Den of Thieves, Frankie in Frankie & Johnny in the Claire de Lune, and Nina in the first play she wrote DANSE MACABRE or The Danse of Two Lovers About to Die.

Daniely Martins (Director) is a director, playwright and actor whose most recent work is the Off-Broadway production of Big Wave. Born and raised in Brazil, she has always had the passion for moving people through words and a need for physical expression. Her pull towards discoveries brought her to live in Portugal, Germany and France, where she collected a great deal of experiences in human connection and theater studies. Now based in New York City, Daniely is involved in every aspect of theater production that comes her way, in the search to explore, grow and consolidate a strong career at the heart of the industry. Training: The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in New York; and Cours Florent, in Paris, France.

Vincent Rame (Vicho) is an actor originally from Puebla, Mexico. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and has been in a wide variety of plays and short films since his graduation. Credits include Tetuán in Candide, Felix in the short film Our Trip to New York and most notably his role of Roberto in the play 9/10 (Gene Frankel Theatre) for which he won the Broadway World award for best performance in an off-off Broadway play.

Sophie Morrison (Someone) recently graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, after moving to New York from Atlanta GA in 2020. Some of her past roles include: Hannah Arendt in The Banality of Evil, Cressida in Troilus and Cressida, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Portia in Julius Ceasar, Vita Muscolino in Napoli, Brooklyn, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Masha in The Seagull, and Florizel in The Winter’s Tale.

Lauryn Savela (Producer/Maggie) is an artist originally from Vancouver, Canada. She moved to New York in 2021 to attend The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA). In 2023 she graduated from their 2-year conservatory program and last February she graduated from their advanced training New York Company. NY theatre credits include: ‘Love’ in Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, ‘Viola’ in Twelfth Night, and originating ‘Magpie’ in Hearts Like Planets by Adam Szymkowicz.

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