Killing My Lobster

THIS MONTH: KML Learns a Lesson !

claire — Fri, 10 May 2013 22:50:43 +0000

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE!

No Laughs Left Behind

Lessons aren’t just for teachers — they’re also for laughing your assignments off! Let KML teach you a thing or two this Spring when we clap our erasers at everything from the first school to table manners and good ol’ talks with Pops. #2 pencils only, please. MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!

Show Dates: May 30 – June 9, 2013

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays @ 8pm
Sundays @ 7pm

Show Location: Stage Werx Theatre
446 Valencia street (@ 16th) San Francisco, CA 94110

$10 Preview | Thursday, May 30th

Opening Night | Friday, May 31st

826 Valencia Beneficiary Night | Sunday, June 2nd
For every $25 ticket purchased, KML will donate $5 to 826 Valencia!

SF Food Bank Beneficiary Night | Friday, June 7th
For every $25 ticket purchased, KML will donate $5 to the SF Food Bank!

Pay-What-You-Can Show | Saturday, June 8th
Poster art by James C Trujillo
Poster design by Ty Bardi

KML SUMMER SCHOOL IS FOR THE FOOLISHLY FUNNY!

claire — Thu, 09 May 2013 21:38:17 +0000

Get up close and personal with KML Classes!

KML SUMMER CLASSES & WORKSHOPS ARE NOW OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT!

SHRUG OFF THOSE SPRING SWEATERS AND TAKE A CLASS WITH KML!

Teen Summer Classes - NOW ONLY $215!
Writing 1 - Our most popular class! Sign up quick!
Filmmaking Workshop - Work with KML’s finest and funniest and produce your own comedic video short!

For more information about Summer courses, please visit our CLASSES PAGE.

Lobsters Build Community in the Mission

Darl Andrew Packard — Tue, 07 May 2013 22:28:14 +0000

Sitting across from the roasting chicken proved in the end to be too taunting…I eventually caved to a Roli Roti dinner before the afternoon was done. Just across the way KML was posted all afternoon, hocking lobsters, roasting ourselves on the hottest day of the year and indulging the cheap aguafrescas that seemed to be the most necessary accessory of the day.

Last Thursday KML’s Admin team of Claire Slattery and Andrew Packard hit the streets, joining our office-mates at Mission Community Market to do a little selling of our own. Hey, where else can you pick up locally grown, organic Lobster for prices as low as ours!!!! All the kids loved our singing dancing crustacean and, while Mom and Pop relished a few minutes of peace we convinced a few of them to take classes and see a show. If this beautiful Bay Area summer keeps up maybe we’ll be back again and if you haven’t been you need to check it out, the Strawberries were to die for!

The Mission Community Market happens every Thurday afternoon 4-8p at Bartlett and 22nd. Check it out and who knows you may even go home with a Lobster.

826 Valencia Youth Workshops

claire — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:29:31 +0000

On Saturday, March 23, Killing My Lobster performed sketches written by students in our recent comedy writing workshop where we partnered with 826 Valencia here in the Mission District. The workshop series was taught by Gina Bardi, Millie DeBenedet, and Meghann Hayes. The final performance was a huge hit! A mega huge hit! There were big laughs all around. It was a great end to the series of winter workshops that were held at 826 Valencia, and an even better way to usher in spring!

Current Lobsters and the Lobsters of the Future!

The uproarious clapping continued!

More KML Events…

claire — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:44:00 +0000

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“Yay Purim!” Comedic Short

claire — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:00:14 +0000

A casual dinner party turns awkward in this video called “Yay, Purim!”

(Video was produced as part of our most recent collaboration with Dan Wolf and the JCC for a one-night Purim carnival/celebration called “Megillah 3.0″.)

“Megillah 3.0″: A Purim Carnival Experience

claire — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:24:06 +0000

THIS SATURDAY COME PARTY WITH KML!

(February 23rd from 7pm – 11pm)

Come to Megillah 3.0 and see a Purim-inspired LIVE KML sketch comedy show and EIGHT KML comedic short videos!

Celebrate this exciting web launch with food, open bar, live music, LIVE KML SKETCH COMEDY SHOW, video booths with NEW ORIGINAL KML VIDEOS, dance party, photo booth and more!

Featuring:

NEW live sketches written and performed by SF’s premiere group, Killing My Lobster
Beatboxer Tommy ‘Soulati’ Shepherd (Jazz Mafia, Felonious, Living Word Project)
Miles the DJ (Live 105)

Saturday, February 23 • 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Intersection for the Arts
925 Mission Street, #109
Ages 21 and older
$20

Buy tickets here or call 415 292 1233

Launching February 23rd (Erev Purim) Megillah 3.0 is a curated collection of innovative and original videos, music and performance sprung from the minds of the brightest stars in the Bay Area creative scene. Click your way through this carnival of interactive media to discover why Purim is the liveliest, weirdest and most hilarious holiday of them all.

This year we’ve flipped the script, taking our favorite sketches from our live show directly onto your computer screen for the very first time. We’ve got Esther, Mordechi, King Ahasverous and Haman (boo!) as you’ve never seen them before! Plus eunichs and Vashti and Drag Queens oh my!
So boot up your computers, grab a gragger and get ready to dive in to our 21st Century version of Shushan!

And as if that wasn’t enough, step right up, step right up!

LAUNCH PARTY FOR MEGILLAH 3.0
Celebrate our interactive web launch experience with food, open bar, live music, sketch comedy performances, video booths, dance party and more!

Presented in partnership with SoMa Shul, Chabad of Pacific Heights and Intersection for the Arts.

Photo courtesy of Scott Wall.

Friday, Febuary 15th – Concert at The Collins

claire — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:18:30 +0000

What: Concert at The Collins – An Evening with Killing My Lobster

When: 8PM Friday Feb 15 (80 min set)

Where: The Collins Theater

TICKETS: https://app.ticketturtle.com/index.php?ticketing=shcp

It’s our “Best In Show” Show where we present hand picked sketches from years past, last year, and a brand new sketch performed for the first time! PLUS a handful of our favorite videos and The Boneless Children Foundation as our house band!

Directed by Paco Romane
Assistant Director: Andrew Packard
Producer: Njon Weinroth
Featuring: Molly Benson, Erin Carter, Millie Debenedet, Griffin Taylor, Matt Gunnison, Calum Grant and Paco Romane
House Band: The Boneless Children Foundation

We’re back at SF Sketchfest TONIGHT – Monday, January 28th!

claire — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:06:14 +0000

We’re Back! KML Performs at Sketchfest 2013

What: Killing My Lobster “Best of Show” Show, Part II
When: Mon Jan 28th 8 pm (50 min set)
Where: The Eureka Theater
Who: Molly Benson, Erin Carter, Millie Debenedet, Griffin Taylor, Matt Gunnison, Calum Grant and Paco Romane
Directed by Paco Romane
Assistant Director Andrew Packard
Band: The Boneless Children Foundation

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We received some stellar reviews for our 2012 appearance at Sketchfest. See the quotes below and links to full articles.

“Killing My Lobster’s “Best in Show” Show had an intrinsic level of humor, familiar yet unique, and ornate in supreme craftsmanship.”
“In the fast-paced, cutthroat, Wild West of Bay Area sketch, few are in league with enterprising comedy tycoon, Killing My Lobster.”
“Killing My Lobster succeeded in ways that less efficient, less proactive groups may not. They often went a long way for a penis or pedophile joke but pulsing writing and performances made the journey well worth it.”
“The crescendo was magic, no exaggeration.”

View full review here.

“They’re an incredibly tight act, with a razor-sharp and perfectly timed show featuring a terrific live band.”
“Killing My Lobster are what Saturday Night Live wishes it still was – genuinely clever, tight, fast-paced and fun.”

View full review here.

Takes it to the Streets – “It’s A Show About Family”

claire — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 19:37:37 +0000

Check out this comedic short written and produced by KML’s own Ty Bardi. This film appeared in the KML one-nighter ‘Takes it to the Streets’ on Saturday, December 1st, 2012.