The Pajama Men are an American comedy duo composed of Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez. They began performing together as Sabotage, creating shows including ''Sabotage 2001'' and ''In Fine Form.'' Around 2004, they changed their name to The Pajama Men and have since performed shows including ''Stop Not Going'', ''Versus vs. Versus'', ''The Last Stand to Reason'', ''In the Middle of No One'', ''Just the Two of Each of Us'', and ''2 Man 3 Musketeers''.

History

Allen and Chavez met at

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during an audition for an

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group in 1993 in

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. They began performing together in 2000 under the name Sabotage at Tricklock Company's Reptilian Lounge Late Night Cabaret. Their first three original shows premiered at the Tricklock Company's Performance Space in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In 2004, they performed at the

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. Subsequent performances have included the Fringe Festival circuit in Canada, the

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, the

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, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. They had a sold-out show at

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, London 2010. They have also created the animated series ''One Square Mile of Earth'' in collaboration with Jeff Drew and Jeff Drew Pictures. This series was part of the short film program for Tromadance 2009 and the

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2010.One Square Mile of Earth: Sundance 2010
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Media

Television

*One Square Mile of Earth (2009)

Films

*The Pajama Men - The Last Stand to Reason (2011) *The Pajama Men - In The Middle Of No One (2012) *The Pajama Men - Just The Two Of Each Of Us (2013)

Awards and nominations

References

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