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Harvard Sailing Team is an award-winning New York City sketch comedy

Sketch comedy

A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...

group featuring 5 women and 4 men. The team performs weekly in Manhattan and their popular YouTube videos have been viewed by over 5 million people. They have been featured on CBS, VH1's Best Week Ever, Comedy Central.com, College Humor, New York Magazine's Vulture blog, Funny or Die, Andrew Sullivan's blog, The Comic's Comic, Cosmo Magazine, Jezebel, Gawker, Sesame Street and TimeOut NY to name a few.

Winners of the 2011 Nightlife award for Outstanding Comedy Group, the Friar's Club Film Festival competition and the 2007 ECNY award for Best Sketch Comedy Group, they perform their hit live show every Friday night at The PIT. They have appeared live at Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, the Kennedy Center, Caroline's on Broadway, National College Comedy Festival, The PIT, Charleston's Piccolo Spoletto Festival, Chicago SketchFest, Toronto SketchFest, New York Comedy Festival's Best of Sketch Show, SketchFest NYC and at the UCB NY and UCB LA. They perform in argyle sweaters and Converse sneakers.

Harvard Sailing Team is Jen Curran, Clayton Early, Faryn Einhorn, Katie Larsen, Adam Lustick, Billy Scafuri, Chris Smith, Rebecca Delgado Smith and Sara Taylor.The sketch group is not affiliated in any way with Harvard University or its sailing program.

The group was founded by Chris Smith, a graduate of NYU, and Billy Scafuri, who graduated from Hofstra University

Hofstra University

Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...

, but both of whom are from Rockville Centre, New York

Rockville Centre, New York

Rockville Centre is a village located in Nassau County, New York, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the village had a total population of 24,023. The town is made up of middle to upper middle class residents, most of the wealthier residents residing on the north side of town near the...

. Not one of them attended Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

, and none of them sail. They first performed in Merrick, New York

Merrick, New York

Merrick is a hamlet in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 22,097. The name "Merrick" is taken from Meroke, the name of the Algonquian tribe formerly indigenous to the area...

. Their second appearance at the Charleston Comedy Festival was named Best Return Engagement.

Individually Harvard Sailing Team members can be seen on television, in feature films, award-winning short films, and national commercials. Although they're comedians, many in the troupe are also experienced dancers, choreographers, and singers.

Awards

Winner: 2011 Nightlife Award for Outstanding Comedy Duo or Group.

Winner: 2010 Friars Club Film Festival Competition.

Winner: 2007 Emerging Comics of New York Award for Best Sketch Comedy Group.

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