Fruit of the Sea Coming to Dixon Place

When a down on her luck pet store clerk discovers she's actually landlocked mer-princess Calamaria, Fruit of the Sea, her life is turned head over fin. With her trusty sidekick, Jimmy the Lobster, Calamaria travels to central Florida's premiere mermaid attraction, Weeki Wachee Springs, to reclaim her tail and save the oceans from Garbage Island. Inspired by the Twitter account @_floridaman, roadside Americana, sea shanties, and the truth about climate change, this dark musical comedy plumbs the depths of identity and obsession to explore the line between harmlessly ridiculous and deceptively dangerous.

A version of FRUIT OF THE SEA was first presented as part of the PortFringe Festival in Portland, Maine in July 2015. It subsequently received a development residency with Wolfbane Productions in Lynchburg, Virginia in October 2015 and a workshop residency with the Barn Arts Collective in Bass Harbor, Maine in June 2016, both of which culminated in public workshop readings.

FRUIT OF THE SEA, directed by Eric Mercado, stars Eliza McCoy as Calamaria, Sean M Daniels as Hal and Rachel Pegram as Weeki Kiki with Mike Garcia as Jimmy the Lobster. The production also features Original Music by Eliza McCoy and Mike Garcia. Sarah Shutt is the Production Stage Manager.

For more information visit: dixonplace.org/performances/fruit-of-the-sea/

FRUIT OF THE SEA will be performed at Dixon Place located at 161A Chrystie Street (Between Rivington & Delancey), New York, NY 10002 on Saturday, November 19 at 10pm.

Tickets are $15 in advance / $18 at the door / $12 for students and seniors. Purchase online HERE or at the Dixon Place Box Office the day of the performance.

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SEAN M DANIELS is a writer, originally hailing from VA. He holds a BFA in Drama from NYU. Select writing credits include The Scientists: A Forgetful Farce (Geva, Chicago Fringe, Portfringe),Not Without My Gallbladder (Robert Moss - Planet Connections Award for Outstanding Direction), JEERS (Undiscovered Countries), Ach Du Lieber Himmel (NYTW with Theatre in Asylum), Imagination (L'Oreal Matrix), Someone is Living in this House (Connelly Theatre), Upon a Weaving (Red Room), Objects of Affection (Robert Moss Theatre) and The Sixth Borough(NYU). He was a recipient of the 2016 Barn Arts Collective Hamilton Project playwriting residency in Bass Harbor, Maine.

ELIZA MCCOY is a Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter, actor, and recent grad of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Performing credits include All Shook Up, Shrek, and Chicago (The Arundel Barn Playhouse), Not Without My Gallbladder (Robert Moss), The Scientists (PortFringe), White Flame Dancing with the Montmartre Dionysia Festival in Paris, and Role of a Lifetime Cabaret with The Unmasked Theatre Company. Most recently she worked on developing the new musical Elysium (written and composed by Yianni Papadimos and Ben Chavez) at the Finger Lakes Musical Theater Festival.

Eric Mercado is a director specializing in new and devised works. Directing credits include The Scientists (Geva, Chicago Fringe, PortFringe), Uzume (La MaMa), The Comedy of Errors(Stone Soup Shakespeare's Midwest Tour), When The Party's Over (Paradise Factory), Not Without My Gallbladder (Robert Moss - Planet Connections Award for Outstanding Direction), In Memory (HERE), Choking the Butterfly (PS122 with EBE Ensemble), and Smartphones (Segal Theatre Center, CUNY). Eric is an Artistic Associate of Stone Soup Shakespeare and a member of the current SDCF Observer Class. BFA, NYU.

Now in its 30th year, Dixon Place, an artistic incubator since 1986, is a non-profit institution committed to supporting the creative process by presenting original works of theater, dance, music, puppetry, circus arts, literature & visual art at all stages of development.

The Dixon Place Lounge is open before and after the show, and you can bring your drink in the theater! Bar proceeds directly support DP's artists and mission.