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James Bewley (art director/writer/actor) is a sculptor, writer, and performer with a BFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design. His recent efforts featured collaboration with choreographer Treva Offut, Polish professor and art critic Szymon Bojko and graphic artists/authors Chris Ware and Daniel Clowes. In the Bay Area, he has performed at several small venues and artists' spaces, including the Motel Lanai, The Creamery, and The Lab. James is currently the Program Director at New Langton Arts in San Francisco, where he has helped to organize and implement exhibitions and performances in each of Langton's six artistic disciplines.

Erin Bradley (writer/actor) cut her teeth in the same Brown University sketch group as many of her co-Lobsters, Out of Bounds. While at Brown, she also performed stand-up, wrote and directed the original full-length play, God's TT King, and developed and performed in the WBSR serial radio show 1216 Barnaby Street. Most recently Erin was featured in the soon-to-be-released independent feature film Welcome Space Brothers.

Paul Charney (producer/director/writer) is a co-founder of Killing My Lobster, and he writes, directs, and performs in the group's stage and film productions. Paul was an original member of the sketch comedy group Out of Bounds at Brown University, where he directed numerous plays during his undergrad years, including a version of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross with an all-female cast. Paul has worked with the New York Shakespeare Festival and the Public Theater, performed as a stand-up comedian, and directed several KML films, including the award-winning short Bonjour Sandwich and the recent Sundance selection Sunday Afternoon. He is presently a writer at a San Francisco ad agency.

Bill Donoghue (writer/actor) is also a Brown/Out of Bounds alumnus, and he has written performed, and directed for the Lobster since 1998. Bill has co-written two short films, Victor America and The Blue Hole, and recently completed his first feature-length screenplay, Winsome, with co-writer Brian Jones. Bill is featured in the soon-to-be-released independent feature film Welcome Space Brothers.

Gussie Falleder (writer) has enjoyed writing collaboratively with Killing My Lobster for three years. She is the daughter of New York based poet Arnold Falleder. In 1997 Gussie graduated from Bates College, where she was an editor and reporter for The Bates Student. She also completed extensive course work in theater at Bates, performing in musicals, modern dramas, and performance art pieces. Currently Gussie is a Bay Area Special Education teacher for students with severe emotional disturbances and a member of the Highdivers Musical Collective.

Mara Gerstein (writer/actor) graduated from Brown in 1997, where she did not appear with the sketch comedy group Out of Bounds. She did, however, perform in The Killing Game, at least 2 rock operas, and perhaps one too many works of the experimental ilk.. Mara's stage career began at the age of five with a life-changing kazoo performance and went on to include a successful nine-show stint on the much-loved gameshow Child's Play. In addition to her contributions to a number of Killing My Lobster shorts, Mara has stars in the upcoming independent feature film, Welcome Space Brothers.

Daniel Lee (writer/actor) has been writing and performing with Killing My Lobster since 1997, following his San Francisco theater debut in The Fantasticks. A graduate of Brown University, he was an original member of the sketch comedy group Out of Bounds. Daniel co-wrote and co-stars in the Sundance 2000 selection Sunday Afternoon, and includes in his other film credits the indie features Welcome Space Brothers and One Thousand Years. In 2001, he makes his national television debut in the CBS show "Nash Bridges." Daniel has studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater and voice at the Juilliard School.

Maura Madden (writer/actor) has performed with Killing My Lobster since 1998. Prior to her work with the Lobster, Maura spent four years as part of Vassar College's Improv. She also organized the first annual Vassar Woman's Comedy Night with fellow Lobster Abby Paige. Maura's film credits include KML's flick The Blue Hole.

Susie Maguire (writer) began stage managing and writing for Killing My Lobster earlier this year. Previously she appeared in many productions at Vassar College, including the annual Women's Comedy Show with fellow Lobsters Abby Paige and Maura Madden. She has also written a number of hilarious solo performances pieces and articles and essays that have been published on-line.

Colin McGrath (musical director) has been Killing My Lobster's resident composer and band-leader for almost two years. A graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, he has gigged extensively in San Francisco and New York with a number of jazz, bluegrass, folk, and Irish music groups. The songs on Colin's self-titled debut album were hailed as "compelling tales of love and woe" by the San Francisco Bay Guardian, but Colin proved his forte for musical goofiness with On The Farm, the musical he co-wrote with fellow Lobster Brian L. Perkins in 1998.

Abby Paige (writer/actor) debuted with Killing My Lobster in 1999. Previously she was a founding member of the Vassar College sketch comedy troupe Happily Ever Laughter. Also at Vassar, she performed stand-up, masterminded the annual Menage a Ha! Comedy Extravaganza, and organized Women's Comedy Night with fellow Lobster Maura Madden. In 1998 Abby was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship; she traveled to Chile to study political humor during the Pinochet regime and since democratization. She is also featured in the KML feature, The Blue Hole .

Brian L. Perkins (writer/actor) has been writing, composing, acting, and directing with Killing My Lobster for more than three years. He has written two musicals: Kommie Strike, a rock opera loosely based on the 1980's Cold War classic Red Dawn, and On The Farm, a genre-hopping epic chronicling a genderless child's escape from inside a computer. Brian has also co-directed Lobster stage shows and films, including Victor America and KML's latest, The Blue Hole. He organizes the annual Hi/Lo Film Festival with co-Lobster Marc Vogl and co-produces and hosts periodic KML cabarets with fellow Lobster Jon Wolanske.

Jon Wolanske (writer/actor) performed with both of Brown University's acclaimed comedy outfits, Out of Bounds and Improvidence, during his undergrad years. He also performed in feature roles in many productions including The House of Yes, Arcadia, Boy's Life, and The Complete Works of Wm. Shakespeare Abridged. Jon also co-produces and collaborates on periodic Lobster cabarets with fellow "Comic of the Future" Brian L. Perkins. Yes - that Brian L. Perkins.

Marc Vogl (producer/writer) is one of Killing My Lobster's co-founders and executive producers. He has performed in nine of the group's stage productions and produced seven of the group's films. Marc has also masterminded 3 Hi/Lo Film Festivals and edited the nationally-distributed zine Snook. At Brown University Marc was a founding member of the sketch group Out of Bounds and a regular performer with Improvidence. Marc is a member of the board at the Victoria Center for the Arts and a juror for the San Francisco International Film Festival. When not battling carpal tunnel syndrome, he is a music and film critic.


HIlo film festival March 29-April 1

Killing My Lobster in the Spotlight COMEDY CENTRAL

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