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SKETCH COMEDIANS KILLING MY LOBSTER (KML)
TEAM UP WITH Z SPACE FOR “KMLZ HOLIDAZE”,
A ONE-NIGHT-ONLY SKETCH COMEDY VARIETY SHOW
DECEMBER 17 AT Z SPACE
Featuring KML Writers and Performers and Soon To Be Announced Musical, Comedic and Variety Acts from the Bay Area and Beyond
Conceived by KML and Z Space, “KMLZ Holidaze” is
Produced by Michael Hoch and Lisa Steindler
and directed by Stephen Kalmakis & Jon Wolanske
$20 Tickets Are Available Now At killingmylobster.com or zspace.org
WHAT: KMLZ Holidaze: A One Night Only Comedy
Variety Show
WHEN: Saturday, December 17 at 7 & 10 pm
WHERE: Z Space, 450 Florida Street,
San Francisco
SHOWTIMES: 7pm and 10pm
TICKETS: $20 general admission
$15 students / seniors
$25 at the door on the night of the show
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, October 31, 2011 – San Francisco’s premiere sketch comedy group, Killing My Lobster, teams up with the Bay Area’s best new works company, Z Space, for a special one-night-only event: “KMLZ Holidaze,” December 17 at 7 and 10 pm. A little bit “30 Rock,” a little bit “Star Search,” and a whole lot of holiday madness, KMLZ Holidaze answers the question: What do you get when you lock a dozen comedic writers/performers in a room for 50 hours between Thanksgiving and Christmas? Something weird, funny, and holiday-lightful.
A veritable advent calendar of hilarity, KMLZ Holidaze will feature sketches and shenanigans all about family, tradition, that weird channel on the TV that plays the fireplace, animals singing Christmas carols, the proper spelling of Channukah, yule logs, fruitcakes, and nutjobs. Exact sketches are still to be determined. Guest artists for the evening will be announced shortly.
KMLZ Holidaze is KML and Z Space’s second collaboration this year after the KMLZ sold out its 2-performance evening back in June. The inspiration for the show is the creative process that fuels “Saturday Night Live,” the legendary sketch show/variety hour created start-to-finish in one week, each and every week. KMLZ will be written, produced and performed in less than 50 hours, divided over 3 weeks (due to the fact that all the performers and writers have day jobs and can’t commit to a week of ‘round-the-clock creation). Expect some brand spanking new sketch comedy about … well, no one knows at the moment because fingers have yet to hit any keyboards.
“Our first KMLZ in June was an incredible mash-up of live sketches, musical performances, even a Bollywood dance troupe,” said Michael Hoch, producer of both KMLZs. “This one will be even crazier. I heard someone talking about acrobats on stilts, which may or may not happen. Either way, KMLZ Holidaze will be an adventure not to be missed.”
“Z Space loves new work, that’s why we’re here,” said Lisa Steindler, Executive Artistic Director of Z Space and producer on both KMLZ. “Working with KML means we’ll do something new and unique. This team can do anything. Really, absolutely anything. And we will!”
Tickets are $20 – are available now via Brown Paper Tickets (www.brownpapertickets.com/event/171550). More information on the groups is available at www.killingmylobster.com and www.zspace.org.
Killing My Lobster is a Bay Area non-profit theater and film production company recently proclaimed “Best Comedy Group” by the editors of SF Weekly. Each yeah, KML presents three entirely new, entirely original world premiere sketch comedies. This past season included KML Conquers the Galaxy, KML Reboots, and KML Holds the Mayo. KML also produced the critically acclaimed world premiere production of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s Hunter Gatherers, which won both the Will Glickman Award for the best new play of the Bay Area (2006) and the Steinberg Award for the best new play produced outside of New York City that year. KML also produced the world premiere of Matt Pelfrey’s dark comedy, Pure Shock Value in 2009. 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, KML has created original work for HBO, is a two-time winner of the Best of the Fringe Award at the SF Fringe Festival and was voted “Best Comedy Group” by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. The group also produces number short films, including the recent “Why Is Everybody Here,” which is on the verge of passing 100,000 views on YouTube.
Z SPACE Founded in 1993 is a hub for artists and audiences to revel in the creation, development, and production of outstanding new work. We commission, develop, and produce a full season of new works from a variety of disciplines including theater, dance, music, performance art, and new media. We foster opportunities around the nation for these works and for their Bay Area artists. We engage diverse audiences through direct interactions with the process, the projects, and the artists. Since 2009 we have managed and operated a 13,000 sq/ft, 268-seat performing arts venue and gallery (formerly known as Theater Artaud): home to more than 40 weeks of public multidisciplinary arts programming annually. Z Space has become one of the nation’s leading laboratories for the development of new works and emerging playwrights.
Z SPACE CONTACT:
Lisa Steindler, Executive Artistic Director, Z Space
415-626-0453 or lsteindler@zspace.org
KML CONTACT:
Michael Hoch, Executive Director, Killing My Lobster
Rmichael.hoch@gmail.com or 917-453-8464
