Written by Damon DiMarco And Jeffrey Harper, and inspired by real places and events, My Mariners is a tightly plotted, murder mystery drama with emotionally soaring, traditional American songs. Set in 1883 at Sailors Snug Harbor, Staten Island, originally a home for veterans of the American merchant marine and established by a number Founding Fathers of the United States, My Mariners tells the story of Captain Charles Reinbeck, a disgraced sea captain, who comes from Manhattan to the Sailors Snug Harbor in response to a mysterious and ominous letter of a man pleading for his life. When Reinbeck arrives, he learns of a sailor’s brutal, vicious murder – “gutted like a fish” on the grounds of Snug Harbor. Captain Reinbeck enters a maze of mystery and contradictory tales – from the Harbor’s authoritarian Governor Thomas Brack and his assistant Enoch Fancher – to a group of angry disgruntled sailors, led by seaman Will Garland. Each step of Reinbeck’s investigation leads him deeper into Sailors Snug Harbor’s cruel secrets and the hidden brutality within an institution designed to protect veterans of the merchant marine. With each inquiry Reinbeck encounters more confounding discoveries – until, confronted with his own shameful past, Reinbeck must choose between the safety of moral resignation and the danger of fulfilling his mission to lead and save his fellow sailors - "my mariners." An enormously gratifying entertainment and a play of moral complexity and honor, rooted in American history. Originally commissioned and produced by Sundog Theatre, City of New York.