Hey all, tickets to Sailor Man are available to buy online TODAY! It would really mean a lot to us to have you get your tickets ahead of time. We’re encouraging everyone who can to buy tickets to the Saturday, August 9th 5:30pm performance, in hopes of selling the entire house out that night. So, if you’re planning on seeing Sailor Man, please take a moment to go buy your tickets online today! Just click the date you want your tickets for in the upper-left-hand-corner. How easy is that!?
Hola, sailors and sailorinas. Ryan here. We’ve been rehearsing in earnest for the last few weeks, and though the clock is ticking, we’re psyched to be experiencing this play coming to life slowly, bit by tiny bit.
A much belated warm welcome to the newest and most important member of our creative team, Lauren Blumenfeld!!! Lauren will be playing the role of “Oli”… Uh, I mean “Skinny Woman” and has already proved herself to be talented, hilarious, and above all, SKINNY!!!!! Seriously, we heart her big time (expect a podcast expanding on this hearting very soon). Here, in her own words, is who she is:
Hey Sailors and Salorinas,
Scott here! A billion thanks to all of you who turned out in the midst of a South Seas Monsoon last Saturday Night! With your help, we raised enough money to pay for about two shows worth of gore! So WAY TO GO!!! Particular thanks to the residents of 496 Broadway for so very generously hosting our party, to Cara for being my bitch, to Katie for the great and witty food, to Carlye for the photos, Matt and Dan for the awesome tunes and most of all to Arija for letting us co-opt her birthday and her friends!!! Look for our first podcast to be online later tonight and a formal announcement and bio for our third cast member soon! And check out the pics below…
Ryan here. So, the idea for Sailor Man has been gestating since at least 2002, when Scott and I started living together, just out of college. Neither of us was employed, we lived in filth … the most charitable way to describe the state of our apartment was “squalor.” We spent a lot of time getting intoxicated in the afternoon and watching TV and movies. I kept returning to [a seminal cartoon about a sailor] that repeated on Cartoon Network. I found them so silly and giddy … Read on…
Hey Sailors, Ryan here. While the pop cultural inspiration for Sailor Man ought to be obvious based on our publicity, our show description, and the photos, etc on this website, we are poor folk who aren’t looking for any trouble. When we got accepted to the Fringe, we debated whether or not to mention by name the inspiration for our titular character … after speaking with the heads of the ‘fest about it, they told us in no uncertain terms that it would be a bad, bad idea to mention the name of that character/piece of corporate property anywhere officially related to Sailor Man.
Hey everybody, Scott here with the first of many updates about our spectacular show! Thanks for visiting our website, we will be updating it regularly with info, research, and fun factoids about the production and my personal life! We had our very first rehearsals this week and held auditions for the muse of our production, our beloved and beleaguered ’Olive.’ This entailed the first acting that Ryan or I have done in almost six years, and boy are we relieved to find that I can still yell and Ryan still has a prominent chin. SUCCESS!!! Casting info on that role to follow very shortly!
Join Scott and Ryan as they prepare for their upcoming FringeNYC debut! SAILOR MAN: THE PODCAST will launch on June 15th and chronicle the entire production process of Sailor Man; a violent and naturalistic play about a certain animated sailor. Stop back on the 15th, or search for Sailor Man on iTunes.
Sailor Man, the conceptual new play by Ryan Iverson and Scott Peterman, has been selected as a participant for the 2008 FringeNYC series. The violent and naturalistic take on a certain animated sailor will be making its world premiere at the festival.