WRITers:

Nicole Roccaforte

Matthew Beld

Laura Domingo

Berna Anat

Karl Keily

ACTors:

Derek Jones

Chuck Lacson

Max Seijas

Melissa Claire

Brigitte Losey

Understudy: Kenny Bourquin

Director: Jan Gilbert (she/her)

Jan is a Drama Therapist, director, instructor and actor/singer/tries-to-be-dancer based in SF who strongly believes in the healing powers of theatre. She’s been working with KML since 2012 (Bat Mitzvah year), with whom she's directed such bangers as 'How Does That Make You Feel?' and 'All the Small Things: Sketch Comedy Inspired by Blink182.' She loves to laugh, be awkward, and refuses to be held accountable for her facial expressions in the presence of a cute puppy.

Head Writer: Rebecca Pierce (she/her)

Rebecca Pierce is a writer and filmmaker based in San Francisco, with works ranging from documentary films and podcasts to political essays and sketch comedy. She's been a member of the KML writing pool since 2020, contributing to shows including Y2K, Romancing the Sketch, Freddie Kruger's Day Off, Mythed Opportunity, A Very Special Holiday Special, and Bad Lobster. She also wrote and directed KML's Paranormal Hotline webseries. This show is dedicated to the memory of her grandmother, Ruth V. Armstrong.

Stage Manager: Alandra Hileman (she/her)

Alandra Hileman is a writer, TTRPG creator/player, podcast producer, and ancient bog witch who has crawled out of her stage management retirement just for this show. Her plays have been produced on tiny stages throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. These days you can find her playing and producing TTRPG livestreams with Quests & Chaos, writing audio dramas, and handling social media marketing for a bunch of accounts you probably don’t realize are her.

Derek Jones (he/him)

Derek Jones is pleased to return to the stage with Killing My Lobster following a five-year hiatus from performing. A Baltimore, MD native, Mr. Jones's previous appearances with KML include "Game of Nerds" and "KML Presents 1997." His other acting credits include: "Adventures in Tech (with Pillow Talk on the Side)," "Where All Good Rabbits Go," "#bros," and "How to Be A White Man." Additionally, Mr. Jones participated in the workshop cast for "The Red Shades: A Trans Rock Opera" and its preview concerts. He lives in Oakland, CA.

Chuck Lacsun (he/him)

Chuck Lacson is crazy excited to be in his 2nd KML show! After being murdered coutless times in last year's J'Accuse, he can't wait for seconds. Instead of learning to bake sourdough during Covid, he leared to play DnD so he's ready to ROLL! A rare SF "native". Chuck's acted with amazing Bay Area theaters including his artistic home Bindlestiff Studio where he serves as an artist and board member. Love to Julie, his NAT 20 for life.

Max Seijas (he/him)

Max Seijas has been living that crustacean life since 2024 and has been vibing ever since. Most recently seen as Billy Haines in "Joan Crawford Superstar" with Intentional Theatrics and in May's Sketch on Speed. You can catch him either playing D&D with a questionable accent or doing a bunch of gay theatre in the bay, and he wouldn't have it any other way. Also, Protect the Dolls!

Melissa Claire (she/her)

Melissa Claire is an actor, writer and artist/designer based in the East Bay. KML credits include Freddy Kruger's Day Off, Pride Inside (actor), Mythed Opportunity and Sketch on Speed (writer). She's also proud to be a red nose doctor with Healthy Humor. Thanks to Webster, Theo and this cast and crew, the greatest adventuring party ever.

Brigitte Losey (she/her)

Brigitte is pumped to be a mythical goofball in Legends and Laughter! She is a local actor and was last seen at Hillbarn Theatre in the world premier of Writing Fragments Home by Jeffrey Lo. Other favorite roles include Squeaky Fromme in Assassins (Hillbarn Theatre) Ensemble in Guys and Dolls (SF Playhouse), Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda The Musical (Palo Alto Players), Mary Lane in Reefer Madness (Ray of Light Theatre), and Heather Chandler in Heathers: The Musical (Pacifica Spindrift Players). Thank you to the incredible folks at KML for their passion, dedication, and dumb ass jokes!

Kenny Bourquin (he/him)

Kenny Bourquin has been an actor, writer, and director with KML since 2014. He has been doing improv comedy officially since 2008, but in many classroms and street corners before he knew that term existed. His comedy training started as a toddler when he became transfixed by the commercials during 'As The World Turns'. Later he furthered his studies by spending his Sundays memorizing a recorded version of the previous nights' Saturday Night Live to solo perform in homeroom on Mondays.

Nicole Roccaforte (she/her)

Nicole Roccaforte is a writer whose work has been widely recognized by her friends in the group chat. She came to KML in the throes of lockdown and simply refused to leave. She loves to drink water and watch Murder She Wrote.

Matthew Beld (they/them)

Matthew is a writer, storyteller, and emcee living in San Francisco. They teach writing at KML and have written for KML shows Good Grief, The Skin We're In, and Look! We Have Friends. They perform around the Bay Area, at theatres and back alleys, and you can catch them every month co-hosting the Strut Queer Open Mic in the Castro.

Laura Domingo (she/her)

Laura Domingo is a Native Hawaiian/Filipina writer, actor, and TTRPG player based in Oakland, CA. Laura has performed in Killing My Lobster's To Bard or Not to Bard, Let's Do the Sex, A Very Special Holiday Special, and J'Accuse. She joined the KML writing pool in 2024 and is excited to be writing for her first show, first show, first show! Laura is also a proud member of the PlayGround writing pool, recently winning the June Anne Baker Prize. An avid D&D player, she has created and played many fan-favorite characters on RPG livestreams with Quests & Chaos.

Berna Anat (she/her)

Berna Anat (@heyberna) is an author, producer, Rich Auntie In Training, and financial hypewoman. A proud Filipina-American daughter of immigrants, her teen media to tech to edu-tainer pipeline featured a few pit stops in content creation and comedy, until the Killing My Lobster gods blessed her with the 2025 New Voice in Comedy Writing Fellowship. This is her first show as a writer and she is so, so sweaty about it, but hopes you have a blast!

Karl Keily (he/him)

Karl Keily has been a writer and occasional instructor for KML since 2016. Outside comedy, he enjoys watching The Two Towers, avoiding thoughts about the futility of existence, and trying new dance moves with his family.