WOODSTOCK- WOODSTOCK, NY – “Sometimes I’m OK” by playwright and standup comedian Randi Simon Lupo will make its debut in Woodstock’s Mountainview Studio on Saturday, November 18, 2023.
“Sometimes I’m OK”, directed by Karen Case Cook, debuted at Manhattan’s The Producers Club. Since
then, it was selected for the International United Solo Festival, and has been performed in Central and
North Jersey, as well as to sold out crowds at the Cape May Aerodrome and the Cape May Fringe
Festival.
Lupo, who has been performing standup comedy consistently for 12 years, has done her act on various stages such as Comix at Fox- woods, The New York Com- edy Club, Gotham ComedyRoom in New York City and Catch A Rising Star Princeton. Presently she describes herself as a “comedian who wrote a play,” and her brave performance in “Sometimes” is proof that she isn’t afraid to show a more serious side.
“I wanted to tell a story where there’s no pressure to be funny. People do laugh at times. But I cannot categorize it as a comedy, I’m a comedian doing a more serious show,” she explains of her autobiographical, “kaleidoscope” show, which illustrates various instances of her life from the heartbreaking to the heart touching.
Lupo grew up one of four kids in Brooklyn, with a demanding father who expected his children to be successful at everything, and a mother who valued beauty above all else. At a young age, Lupo was
diagnosed with scoliosis and several learning disabilities, which forced her to develop her own unique coping mechanisms. Growing up, she attended numerous therapy sessions and befriended many therapists along the way.
The one-woman show was something she says she “had to do” and was, ultimately, very healing for her. “Nobody comes out of childhood unscathed, everybody has different experiences. You didn’t go through
what I went through, I didn’t go through what you went through,” says Lupo, who currently resides with
her husband, the show’s executive producer, Patrick Mirucki in New Jersey. “The point is that you can be OK. It can really be OK.”
“Sometimes” runs one night only, November 18, 2023, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased through eventbrite.com.
Mountain View Studio is located at 20 Mountainview Avenue in Woodstock. More information can
be found at SometimesimOK.com or Facebook.com/sometimesimok.
