A Sip With Vodka: A Russian Guide To Becoming A Real Housewife & Making It In America is a comedy digital series pilot about a Russian immigrant named Natasha Ivonevska Solyanka Split Pea Vodka (played by performer Sarah Lazarus) who moves to NYC with her son, Robert (played by comedian Andy Vega), in the hopes of becoming a Real Housewife and cabaret star. Along her journey, she meets a lonely Manhattan dweller named Lyle (played by Tai LeClaire from Peacock’s “Rutherford Fall’s”) and crashes at his apartment. Over the course of one night, Natasha discovers that fame and happiness might look a little different than she anticipated.
The cast of the series also includes Ru Paul’s Drag Race stars Thorgy Thor and Phi Phi Ohara, Alison Fraser (Tony Award Nominee), Paige Turner (Bravo), Zach Zimmerman (The New Yorker).
Sarah Rachel Lazarus created, wrote, executive produced and starred in Vodka. She is an NYC-based comedy performer and writer who has performed around the city at many places including Club Cumming, UCB, and Feinstein’s/54 Below. She has contributed content to Funny or Die, Whohaha, and the Broadway Beat. During the U.S. election, she even created and produced comedic voting P.S.A. ‘s for the Florida Democratic Party and several non-profits that included many performers from Ru Paul’s Drag Race. She hosts and produces a comedy/pop culture podcast called ‘Wish U Were Weird’ where she has interviewed incredible guests like Bob The Drag Queen (Ru Paul’s Drag Race Winner), Carole Baskin (Netflix’s Tiger King), Brittany Broski (Kombucha Girl, Influencer), Laura Bell Bundy (Tony Award Nominee), Alaska Thunderf*ck (Ru Paul’s Drag Race Winner), April Pearson (Skins UK) and many more amazing guests.
Her inspiration for this piece comes from the influence of her Eastern European Jewish ancestry and her love of Reality TV. Sarah created Natasha on her cell phone in high school when she would record herself doing silly characters and post it to her extremely large Instagram audience that included her parents and no one else. During her senior year at Fordham University’s theatre program, she created an 8-minute theatre performance version that evolved into this digital series pilot.
A Sip With Vodka continues to do live theatrical performances and continue its episodic journey. You can watch the pilot digitally through the end of August 26th at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival through C Venues
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