WRITers:

Berna Anat

Matthew Beld

Tirumari Jothi

Karl Keily

Tim Ma

Jessica Martinez

ACTors:

TEAM A

Devon deGroot

May Simon Ramos

Shane Swenson

TEAM B

Jen Marte

Emanuel Morales

River Bermudez Sanders

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: Margaux Poupard (she/her)

Margaux Poupard, despite her very French name, didn't grow up in France, but in the equally glamorous Burbank, California. A comedy writer with a film background, her pilots have done well in competitions like the LA Comedy Film Festival and Stowe Story Labs. She lives in the Bay Area, works as a freelance copywriter, writes sketch comedy with Killing My Lobster, and co-hosts a pop culture nostalgia podcast called Old Millennials.

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

Devon deGroot (she/her)

Devon is a baker by day and a basement dweller by night. (She is a core company member at Theatre Lunatico, Berkeley's premiere basement-under-a-pizzeria theatre.) Catch her debut directorial project there in May--a dark comedy about summer camp and the rising tide of fascism titled The Grown-Ups. She would like to thank you for braving the darkness of January to be a part of something gloriously stupid, decandently messy, and willfuly alive!!!

May Simon Ramos (they/them)

May (they/them) has been a lobster since 2018, and is so excited to be a part of another Sketch on Speed! They act and sing all over the Bay Area, and also perform as the burlesque artist @demi.inferno. They actually fear doing improv which is why they lean into doing it whenever the opportunity arises!

Shane Swenson (he/him)

Shane has been a Bay Area performer for over 15 years. With credits like “that guy from the yogurt commercial”, and “that guy from the deodorant ad”, Shane is excited to reunite with his Lobster pals and revive the role of “that guy making weird faces”.

Jen Marte (she/her)

Jen is a bay area theatre idiot who has been making audiences quickly exhale out of their noses for decades. She has previously worked with companies such as SF Playhouse, Shotgun Players, and Killing My Lobster, with whom she performed in the 2024 Sketchfest as a part of their "Best of KML" show, and a bunch of other stuff. In her personal time she enjoys strong cocktails and people who buy them for her. She thanks you for coming out to see live theatre.

Emanuel Morales (he/him)

Emanuel Morales is a local born and raised Bay area based actor, having recently seen on stage for Weird stock (awesome theater). He has had the amazing opportunity to work on many project with local theaters including Lizard Women (Awesome theater), Myth’d Opportunities (Killing My Lobster), Between the sheets (Left Coast Theater Company) and the international tour of The Lehman Trilogy (A.C.T/ national theatre). He is excited to work with KML again!

River Bermudez Sanders (they/them)

River (they/them) does not exist, and never will. Previous credits include [REDACTED]. This spring, you can see them out of the corner of your eye in your bathroom mirror. They would like to thank Harvey from the Chevron station on Van Ness for telling them how to get here tonight. Do not visit their website for more information. This is their first season with KML, and their Sketch on Speed debut. @_riverberate_

Berna Anat (she/her)

Berna Anat (@heyberna) is an author, producer, and Mysterious Rich Auntie in Training. Alongside doing financial edutainment things on the internet, the KML gods blessed her with the 2025 New Voice in Comedy Writing Fellowship, as well as a spot as a writer for the stupidly good time, Legends and Laughter. This is her first Sketch on Speed and she’s already so sweaty about it, but she hopes you have fun!

Matthew Beld (they/them)

Matthew Beld is a non-binary San Francisco writer and storyteller who has been with KML since 2022. They’ve written for a few KML shows now and teach Sketch Comedy Writing 1 & 2 classes. Outside of KML, they co-host the Strut Queer Open Mic and perform at shows around the Bay Area, like Bawdy Storytelling and Happy Endings. When they’re not writing, they’re cooking or practicing witchcraft.

Tirumari Jothi (he/him)

Tirumari is a geeky stand-up comedian, improviser, sketch comedian, and actor based in the Bay Area and has performed at a variety of venues around California and the country. You can find him doing standup, writing and acting in sketch comedy, or online playing competitive video games where he loses to children. Google him and you'll find him.

Karl Keily (he/him)

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

Tim Ma (he/him)

Tim Ma is a new lobster in the writer’s pool. He’s thrilled to plunge headfirst into the boiling vat of his first KML show! When he’s not working a 9-5 in marketing, Tim can be found rearranging his apartment to quell his neuroses, disassociating to NPR in the shower, and vigorously re-applying chapstick to ward off evil spirits (the dry winter).

Jessica Martinez (she / her)

Jessica Martinez makes zines about how to get over a breakup using quotes from Wayne's World. She has written and staged plays in LA and SF, published children's books on the Khan Academy Kids app, and performs storytelling throughout the city. She is currently at work on a young adult novel about a wannabe chola who joins Theater. www.amazine-jess.com