Comedic Vignettes for the Happy Holidays

Winter Follies

KILLING MY LOBSTER
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTORS
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Dear Reader, Thats San It is so cold out. It must be 50 degrees. e from summer Francisco in December for you. Asid er is the best. and spring and the first week of fall, wint memories) of We love it. It evokes images (and fond and warma, coco hot ing sledding down hills, drink : Sketches goes story ing our feet by the fire. As the s that Ken hope the in were written by the fire with care, was our (Ken Grobe would read them and choose fair. head writer for this show). ing together with Were ending our 2013 season by com te what we love: our closest and funniest friends to crea ies around to sketch comedy. Weve spread the good s at KML and gner desi and our writers, actors, directors, lts of our resu the e were excited for you to experienc joining us for ks creative and collaborative efforts. Than on! seas this and for spreading the holiday humor Enjoy KMLs winter wonderland! Sincerely, Santa and the KML Directors

VIGNETTES FOR THE HAPPY HOLIDAYS Dec 12 - 15, 2013 Z Below, 470 Florida Street, San Francisco WRITTEN BY: Miriam Wilson, Allison Page, Cas Ruffin, Griffin Taylor, Noelle Moseley, Meghann Hayes, Kelley Buhles, Matt Casey DIRECTED BY Darl Andrew Packard, Damon Brennen, Hafsa Malik, Njon Weinroth FEATURING Allison Page, Jan Gilbert, Paco Romane, Matt Gunnison, Calum Grant, Erin Carter, Griffin Taylor, Elaine Gavin
Head Writer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken Grobe Creative Director of Video. . . . . . Ty Bardi Production Mgr. . . . Darl Andrew Packard Stage Manager. . . . . . . . . . Laraine Gurke Assistant SM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben Felsing Lighting Designer . . Darl Andrew Packard

KILLING MY LOBSTER WINTER FOLLIES

Production Team

Set Designer. . . . . . . . . . Nathaniel Bolton Props Designer. . . . . . . . . . . . Maia Olson Costume Coordinators. . Andy Alabran and Molly Benson Music Director. . . . . . . . David Marc Siegel

This is Ken Grobes (Head Writer) seventeenth(!) KML show (including best-ofs) and his third as head writer. Hes also written and directed twenty or so videos for KML, including the much-blogged The Coffee Wars and the occasionally-reviled The Human Centipedes Holiday Message. His webseries, WILDERNESS PROSTITUTE, is currently in production. He occasionally performs at WRITE CLUB SF. Visit him at ideaczar.com. Meghann Hayes (Writer) is super psyched to be writing for her third KML show. Her past KML ventures include Megillah 3.0 and KML Learns a Lesson. Meghann has also been lucky enough to co-teach a comedy writing class for kids at 826 Valencia with the lovely Gina Bardi and Millie DeBenedet. Go Lobsters! Originally from the Bay Area, Kelley Buhles (Writer) currently resides in the Bay Area. She works at a social finance organization, creates mediocre art, studies Rudolf Steiner, and invents fake hair products. Buhles is a two time state yelling champion with dreams of someday finding a box of money. Matt Casey (Writer) is a comedian living in San Francisco who performs stand-up throughout the Bay Area. By day, he disguises himself as a mild-mannered computer programmer, but at night he can be found on stage entertaining the citys drunks. He has a firm handshake that you can trust. www.mattcaseycomedy.com Miriam Wilson (Writer) has been writing with Killing My Lobster since 2006. She currently works as a writer in the mobile gaming industry, and in her spare time she eats cheese while watching Star Trek TNG. Most sketches she writes involve most of the characters dying within the first two minutes. Merry Christmas! Noelle Moseley (Writer) is a product designer slash improviser slash dog training enthusiast slash (middle school) award winning writer. Shes from Hawaii and has never actually experienced a real winter. But dont worry, she did a bunch of research on it and I think she gets the gist. Cas Ruffin (Writer) is a company member of Killing My Lobster. He has written for Killing My Lobster Takes It to The Streets, Megillah 3.0, and Killing My Lobster Learns a Lesson. He is excited to pervert your sense of Christmas cheer. Good tidings he brings to you and your kin. Paco Romane (Actor), is an award-winning comedian, filmmaker (voted Best Comedian in the San Francisco Weekly and San Francisco Bay Guardian), actor, voice over actor, director, writer, musician, and producer. Paco is a long time company member of Killing My Lobster, the Bay Areas premier Sketch Comedy group. He uses his work with Killing My Lobster to create routines and characters that are inventive, funny, spontaneous, and utterly unique. Jan Gilbert (Actor) holds a BA in theatre performance from College of Charleston and is simply filled with multicultural holiday cheer about appearing in her third KML production. Check out her upcoming actory stuff at www.janadrienne.com. She would like to say, Santa, dont worry about it. Im Jewish. David Marc Siegel (Music Director) is a local song-writer who plays in rock bands, scores video shorts and film stuffs, and also works in the video game industry. Hes worked with KML for many years now, writing songs, providing musical direction and so on. Computer-wander over to www.davidsophia.com for more of his music.

Cast & Crew

Matt Gunnison (Actor) has gallivanted about SFs indie theatre scene for the past few years, working frequently with Thunderbird, No Nude Men, Guerilla Rep, Custom Made, Theater Pub, and now KML, too. Matt has a BFA from ENMU. Calum Grant (Actor) has been performing in film, theatre, and voice over in the Bay Area for twenty-odd years. Very odd. He loves dogs, long walks on the beach, and cheese. Erin Carter (Actor) is a Bay Area actor, writer, & director, and has been a Killing My Lobster company member since 2007. She has performed in numerous KML shows, including most recently in The Shakespeare Bug. Erin has also written for KML shows, and in 2009, Erin directed KML Patronizes the Arts. Erin has trained at the American Conservatory Theatre and is a graduate of Princeton University. Griffin Taylor (Actor/Writer) is the tall one that looks like Miami Vice-era Don Johnson. Griffin is a KML Company member who wrote for KML Takes it to the Streets, Megillah 3.0, KML Learns a Lesson and Winter Follies! He also appeared in KMLs Best Of show at last years SF Sketchfest, KML Concert at The Collins and now this! And he will be teaching Writing 1 this coming January with KML! And hes a Capricorn. Darl Andrew Packard (Director) is funny....looking. This is his second attempt (KML Does Not Fear the End, 2012) at directing Lobsters. They are slippery when wet and dont fit well in Christmas sweaters. He is already crazy enough to do it again directing KMLs Best of... for Sketchfest 2014. Njon Weinroth (Director) began as an actor and crew member in the Midwest when 8-tracks were still a thing, spent a few years singing and acting in Europe and returned to the US to study opera. He moved to Cali and landed on KML (not opera). Hes mostly written, produced, backstage managered, videoed and is now finally directoring. Winter in the TL is his favorite season. Damon Brennen (Director) has been a member of Killing My Lobster since 2009. Hes written for over 10 shows including Killing My Lobster Hits Highway 101, Preaches to the Choir, Holds the Mayo and KMLZ Holidaze. During the day, Damon can be found making hilarious videos for companies as part of Paper Dog Video, a company he founded with fellow Lobster Chris Parisi. Check them out! Hafsa Malik (Director) became an instant fan of Killing My Lobster after she saw the show Throws a Hissy way back in February 1999. She has worn almost every hat KML has to offer, including performer, video director, fundraising director, concessions buyer, mustache wrangler, oh, and Board Member since 2006. She has never missed seeing a show and hopefully never will. Winter Follies is her directorial debut. Maia Olson (Props Designer) has worked with KML periodically over the years, crafting props for several shows. Her passion for art and design started even before her studio was the kitchen table with a box of crayons. She enjoys the hands on challenge, otherwise missing from her day time desk job.

Cast & Crew

Scenes from KMLs Winter Wonderland

Photos by Rowan Brooks

and wed love to There is a method to the Killing My Lobster madness r session classes share it with you! Sign up for one of our upcoming Winte at killingmylobster.com/classes. Writing 1 A great way to put your funny into words. Youll learn the fundamentals of sketch writing as well as techniques for developing your comedic voice. Instructor: Griffin Taylor Tuesdays, 7-9:30pm January 14 February 18, 2014

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Writing 2 Now that youve caught the sketch comedy-writing bug and have the foundation of funny, its time to crank it up a notch. dic writer to maximize Come learn how to improve your process as a come laughs and your writing potential! Instructor: Ken Slattery Wednesdays, 7-9:30pm January 15 March 5, 2014

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Since debuting on Valentines Day 1997, Killing My Lobster (KML) has created more than 50 original theme-based comedy shows in the Bay Area. KML has produced world-premiere full-length plays, such as Hunter Gatherers by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (2006), Pure Shock Value by Matt Pelfry (2009) and The Shakespeare Bug by Ken Slattery (2013). KMLs original short films have also garnered national attention. Today, KML is hailed by the SF Chronicle as the closest thing we have to Second City and heralded as an orgy of comic genius by Comedy Central. Explore sketch, films, classes, and find out how you can get involved at killingmylobster.com

KML Staff
Creative Director. . . . . . . . . Andy Alabran Managing Director . . . . . . Claire Slattery Admin Coordinator/ . . . . . . . Darl Andrew Production Manager. . . . . . . . . . Packard Bookkeeper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Sadler

Killing My Lobster is part of a non-profit arts organization called The Lobster Theater Project. This non-profit was formed to create original, comedic work in San Francisco for the stage and screen. If you would like more info about KML or The Lobster Theater Project, or would like to make a tax-deductible contribution, please visit www.killingmylobster.com/get-involved/donate.

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