Lobster Theater Project
For General Operating Support
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Amount$20,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/15/2014
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
The Lobster Theater Project, also known as Killing My Lobster, provides artists with training and performance opportunities focused on sketch comedy. The organization has been successful in reaching the highly prized eighteen- to thirty-four-year-old audience demographic, but realizes it needs to transition its creative direction to bring in new and more diverse audiences. With plans to continue its popular class offerings, Lobster Theater Project will move to a model of smaller-scale, more frequent performances. Renewed support would assist the organization in stabilizing its staffing structure and organizational capacity.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.killingmylobster.com
Address
2101 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110-1319, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Lobster Theater Project, also known as Killing My Lobster, produces new original works of comedy and provides artists with training and performance opportunities focused on sketch comedy. The organization produces up to 10 performances each year, reaching more than 3,000 audience members. It also providing training and performance opportunities for more than 175 adult students each year, with a particular focus on aspiring comedy writers of color. Support for the Lobster Theater Project aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for general operating support
The Lobster Theater Project, also known as Killing My Lobster, provides artists with training and performance opportunities focused on sketch comedy. The organization reaches the highly prized eighteen- to thirty-four-year-old audience demographic through affordable and relevant performances, videos, and workshops at a variety of Bay Area venues. It commissions new plays and provides classes in sketch comedy and acting, some in partnership with the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco for youth participants.
