WRITers:

Victoria Chao

Jason Duval

Elaine Gavin

Daniel Keenan

Ilana Segall

Kristoffer Wilkerson

ACTors:

TEAM A

Yasmine Aishah Khan

Sarah Katz-Hyman (SKH)

Fenner Merlick

TEAM B

Diana Brown

Isabel Anne To

Ted Zoldan

Director: Nicole Odell (she/her)

Nicole Odell is a director, actor, writer, and improviser. A Bay Area native , she earned her B.A. in Drama from SFSU and completed the Conservatory program at Second City Hollywood. She has appeared in comedy festivals around the country and on stages throughout the Bay. She first began working with KML in 2015 as an actor and writer, and began her role as Artistic Director in 2021. Nicole maintains that after this process she is totally fine, in actuality she is 2 Blessed 2 B Stressed, and she resents you for even asking.

Head Writer: JB Tang (they/them)

JB is a funnymaker and musician who is hella sprung to be working on this show! They serve as co-director of KML Writing Education and have written on Pride Inside, Good Grief, The Skin We’re In, and the original speedy-experiment Lobster Boil. Lately they’ve been spending a lot of time learning how to move their body in silly ways and how to professionally electrify hair follicles.

Stage Manager: Dani Spinks (she/her)

Dani Spinks has been working in theater for over a decade with her company Dreams on the Rocks. She co-founded Eclectic Box in 2023.Dani is a director, writer, set and lighting designer and sfx makeup artist. She's excited to work with Killing My Lobster in 2026. Go to www.dreamsontherocksproductions.com to see what shows she has coming up

Yasmine Aishah Khan (she/her)

Yasmine is an actor, fiction writer, standup comedian and host of the Money HaHa podcast. She writes about how weird it is to be a human and the space folk that pity us, popcorn in hand.

Sarah Katz-Hyman, SKH (they/them)

SKH is an improviser, actor, comedian, storyteller, producer, and pun-tificator. They are the producer and host of Haight to Laugh, a monthly comedy varitey show in the Lower Haight. They are an editor and producer of Muni Diaries, a live storytelling show and podcast sharing everyday transit stories. They have performed all over the country, but their favorite venue is in their apartment, for their dog, (Whoofi) Goldberg, he never has any notes.

Fenner Merlick (they/them)

Fenner is an actor, director, and teacher living on Ohlone land also called West Oakland. They received a BA in Theater from UC Berkeley, and completed a year of Physical theater devising at Dell’ Arte International. They train regularly in Butoh, Bouffon, Kyogen and Noh theater. A company member of Theatre of Yugen and frequent clown workshop facilitator, catch them in the upcoming spring Kai or at their monthly drop in clown class and variety show on the fourth Tuesday of the month at Frontier towers.

Diana Brown (she/her)

Diana Brown is an actor, improv artist, director and teaching artist.

She performs both nationally and internationally. Recently she made her mainstage debut at Impro Amsterdam, and performed with The Groundlings: Personals at San Francisco Sketchfest 2026. Diana is half of the comedy duo Bingewatch.

Isabel To (she/her)

Isabel is an actor and singer, who has been performing with KML since 2019. She is a company member of PlayGround SF, and performs regularly with Playwrights Center of SF, fulfilling her passion for new work development. Other theatre credits include Cal Shakes, Town Hall Theatre, New Conservatory Theatre Center, and Bay Area Children's Theatre. Isabel has also collaborated on upcoming film projects with Liam Kirk and Element Magique. Favorite hobbies include cross-stitching, pickleball, and dessert (creation and consumption). www.isabelanneto.com

Ted Zoldan (he/him)

Ted Zoldan first appeared with KML in 2019. His work as an actor and singer has been seen with San Francisco Playhouse, Hillbarn Theatre, SF Shakespeare Festival, West Edge Opera and Oakland Theatre Project among many others. He's been making art in the Bay Area for 19 years and is too proud of this community to make a joke about it.

Victoria Chao (she/her)

Victoria is a writer and improviser living in beautiful Oakland, CA. She is a cast member of the improv team Hamster Snack at All Out Comedy Theater. When she is not doing improv, she is probably baking cookies or walking her rescue pitbull, Sal.

Jason Duval (he/him)

Jason Duval is a writer, improviser, comedian, and podcaster who prefers his obsessive hobbies qualify him as 'modern day renaissance man' as opposed to 'sweaty nerd'. Jason is one of the hosts of the weekly comedy podcast, FIGHT COURT, which has featured dozens of the funniest improvisers and comedians across the Bay Area over 230+ episodes (and it's something of an intellectual salon). Jason is also the current producer and host of Thunderdome at Endgames Improv in San Francisco, highlighting the brightest new indie improv teams every two weeks.

Elaine Gavin (she/her)

Elaine Gavin (she/her) studied drama at SFSU and has been a writer, performer and teacher with Killing My Lobster since time began, which was in 2014. She’s dabbled in copywriting, playwriting and horseback riding. She is a preschool teacher by day and now has to stop writing this Bio because her baby just found the remote.

Daniel Keenan (he/him)

Daniel is a writer and comedian from Ireland, now living in San Francisco. He spends most of his non-comedy time doing incredibly boring work and the rest of the time he's probably with his dog. This is his 3rd KML show.

Ilana Segall (she/her)

Ilana is writing for her first KML show (and still has that fresh, new writer smell!). Outside of her job counting things in a fancy way, she can be found hip hop dancing, arguing about hyperlocal politics, and searching for the perfect pickle.

Kristoffer Wilkerson (he/him)

Kriss Wilkerson is a writer and improv comedian who regularly performs around the bay with his indie troupe Industrial Kitchen and with Your F***ed Up Relationship at Endgames. He also produces 'Go Tech Yourself Comedy,' a tech-based comedy show in San Francisco. Kriss has studied sketch writing with KML, as well as improv at Endgames and the iO Theater in Chicago. If you can't find him near a stage, he can be found experimenting in the kitchen.