Harvard Sailing Team is a New York City sketch comedy group. The team has produced five full-length shows, "Tuck Your Shirt In", "...With Matching Topsiders", "Business Casual", "...On The Jitney" and "100 Years of Song And Dance". The troupe was founded by Chris Smith, a graduate of NYU, and Billy Scafuri, who graduated from Hofstra University, but both of whom are from Rockville Centre, New York. [1] Harvard Sailing Team is Rebecca Brey, Jen Curran, Clayton Early, Faryn Einhorn, Katie Larson, Adam Lustick, Chris Smith, and Sara Taylor. Not one of them attended Harvard University, and none sail. [2] [3] They first performed in Merrick, New York. Dressed in argyle sweaters and Converse sneakers, they have headlined the National College Comedy Festival, The Chicago SketchFest, [4] Second City Toronto, SketchFest NYC, [5] Caroline's on Broadway, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, [6] and perform weekly at The PIT. They have also appeared on Sesame Street . Their second appearance at the Charleston Comedy Festival was named Best Return Engagement. [7] Online videos produced by Harvard Sailing Team have been featured on NBC's DotComedy.com, SuperDeluxe, CollegeHumor.com, FunnyorDie.com as well as national selections on MySpace.com. Individually Harvard Sailing Team members can be seen in feature films, award-winning short films, and national commercials. Although comedians, many in the troupe are also experienced dancers, choreographers, and singers. [8]

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Awards

Harvard Sailing Team won the 2008 Emerging Comics of New York Award for Best Sketch Comedy Group. ^[9]

References

1. Berstein, Judith and Joan Reminick. "Cool 2 Do", ''Newsday'', 2005-06-24, p. B2.
2. Borden, Jane. "Short review: Harvard Sailing Team", ''Time Out New York'', 2007-09-06. Retrieved on 2008-07-10.
3. Lapowsky, Issie. "A mish-mash of theater for those who want something different", ''Washington Square News'', 2005-12-09. Retrieved on 2008-07-10.
4. "Comedy gets sketchy at times", ''Chicago Tribune'', 2006-01-05, p. 3.
5. Carlson, Jen. "Pencil This In", Gothamist, 2008-06-12. Retrieved on 2008-07-10.
6. "Voice Choices", ''Village Voice'', 2006-07-12, p. 43.
7. Smith, Nick. "Harvard Sailing Team: These kids show other sketch comedians how it's done", ''Charleston City Paper'', 2008-05-19. Retrieved on 2008-07-10.
8. Lawrence, Stratton. "Review: The Harvard Sailing Team’s sketch comedy is the funniest thing going this fest", ''Charleston City Paper'', 2007-05-23. Retrieved on 2008-07-10.
9. Borden, Jane. "Emerging lanes", ''Time Out New York'' blog, 2008-01-29. Retrieved on 2008-07-10.