Killing My Lobster

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Killing My Lobster
Background information
Name: Killing My Lobster
Date Formed: 1997
Location(s): San Francisco, California
Official site: http://www.killingmylobster.com/
Genre(s): Comedy, Sketch Comedy

Killing My Lobster is a San Francisco-based sketch comedy group and film production company.

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[edit] Sketch shows

Killing My Lobster is a non-profit arts organization (officially called Lobster Theater Project) based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1997, Killing My Lobster celebrates its 10th anniversary season of programming in 2007. Annually, Killing My Lobster presents original sketch comedy productions, comedic plays, the hi/lo film festival and original films. KML is known primarily for its sketch comedy shows, which always have a thematic through-line. The group will often have more than one show in production, some being experimental, some more traditional.

The group's sketch shows often feature video pieces as well as traditional live sketches. Their first full-length musical Faces The Music (2007) was extended for a second run in early 2007. Good press and internet marketing[1] contributed to its longevity, with many audience members comparing it to Beach Blanket Babylon.

[edit] KML Plays

The group produced the world premiere of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's play Hunter Gatherers in the summer of 2006. The show received rave reviews in the SF Chronicle and SF Weekly.[2] The show sold out its original 5 week run and was extended in total to a 3 month run, and has been named one of the ten best theatrical productions of the year in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Chronicle,[3] Oakland Tribune,[4] San Jose Mercury News,[5] Bay Area Reporter,[6] and Contra Costa Times.[7] The SF Bay Times called it was the best production of the year.[8] The production and playwright went on to win the Glickman Award for the best new play in the Bay Area in 2006. Soon after, Nachtrieb was given the American Theatre Critics Association/Steinberg Award at the Humana Festival for the best new play in America outside of New York City.


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[edit] References

  1. ^ Secret Shamus - Video Segment of Faces The Music (2007)
  2. ^ SF Weekly, June 7, 2006
  3. ^ Top 10 of 2006 -SF Chronicle
  4. ^ Best Theater Moments of 2006 - Oakland Tribune
  5. ^ Best of 2006 - San Jose Mercury News
  6. ^ #1 Pick Of The Year - Bay Area Reporter
  7. ^ Best Of 2006 - Contra Costa Times
  8. ^ "The Number One production of 2006 in the Bay Area." - Tom Kelly, SF Bay Times