Carolina Đỗ & VAS ELI
Performance Dates & Times
Saturday, March 7 at 7pm
Sunday, March 8 at 7pm
Monday, March 9 at 7pm
Wednesday, March 11 at 7pm
Thursday, March 12 at 7pm
Friday, March 13 at 7pm
Saturday, March 14 at 7pm
BETTERFLY Productions, Leviathan Lab, and JACK present
EXTRAO1DINARY ALIENS!
in association with
The Hearth and The Sống Collective
Written by Carolina Ðỗ
Directed by Vas Eli
Corneliu is an immigrant from Romania who is in love with Kay, a U.S. Citizen. Linh is Kay's best friend who might have let her student visa lapse?! David has dreams of opening up his restaurant with his cousin Enoc. ExtraO1dinary Aliens! is a love story centered on immigrants and the ones who love them. How can love defy the dehumanizing machinations of the US Immigration system? What makes someone leave everything they've ever known to journey to a foreign land? What makes someone stay despite the hostile environment? What is the promise of the American dream and can it ever be a reality?
About the ArtistS
Carolina Đỗ is a theatre maker, doer, and proud descendant of Vietnamese freedom fighters and refugees. An alum of the Soho Rep Writer-Director Lab, Fresh Ground Pepper Playground Playgroup, and Orchard Project Greenhouse Lab, Carolina’s writing has also been supported by residencies/fellowships at MacDowell, JACK, The Hearth, Fault Line Theatre, Piper Theater, and Naked Angels. Carolina’s works have also been finalists for the Sokhary Chau Fellowship, Leah Ryan Fund, BricLab, and Bushwick Starr; and semifinalists for Playwrights Realm, Space on Ryder, and Princess Grace. Co-Founding Producing Artistic Leader — The Sống Collective. Creative Director — Mai House Studio. Associate Director for Community Engagement — PlayCo. BFA: Brooklyn College. IG: carolinakaydo
Vas Eli is an award-winning actor based in NYC. A multidisciplinary artist, he is also a director, writer, producer, dialect coach, educator and painter. He is the founder of BETTERFLY Productions (The Pir, Zoom With Me, Far, Lemonking, The Sketchy Eastern European Show, When & Where). Theater: The Sketchy Eastern European Show (The Players Theater) Tamburlaine (TFANA), Jericho (Attic Theatre), Unearthly Visitants (Triskelion Arts), Island of Dr. Moreau (Piper Theatre), Splitfoot (Edinburgh Fringe), Lincoln Dress (Albany NY, Bucharest) TV: Night Agent, The Endgame, For Life, WeCrashed, The Deuce, The Blacklist; Film: Snakeeater, Varlet, Delenda, Hell House 2, Kidnapping of A Fish, The Naked Woman, Dominant Species, Far From Here. www.Vaseli.org IG: vaseli_vaseli
Co-produced by Maria Müller
Line produced by Federica Borlenghi
Assistant Directed and Stage Managed by Isabel Criado
CAST
Corneliu - Vas Eli
Kay - Julie Tran*
Alien - Maria Müller
Linh - Belle Le
David - Marlon Xavier
Voice - Jeffrey Brabant
*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association

