Hunter Gatherers
Pam and Richard are hosting their best friends, Wendy and Tom, for their annual dinner get-together. An animal sacrifice kicks off the evening, followed by a little more sex, violence, deception, revelations, wrestling, and dancing than previous yeas. A darkly comic evening where the line between civilized and primal man is blurred, and where not everyone will survive long enough to enjoy the brownies for dessert.
Cast Requirements
2 men
2 women
Honors
2007 American Theatre Critics Association/Steinberg Award for Best New Play to premiere outside of New York City; 2007 Will Glickman Prize for Best New Play in the Bay Area.
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service
Press
“Highest Rating. Outrageously libidinous knockabout farce meets penetrating social satire in Peter Nachtrieb's hilariously revelatory comedy, an almost two-hour laugh riot.”
—SF Chronicle
Production and Development History
World Premiere: Killing My Lobster, San Francisco (2006).
Productions: W.H.A.T, Wellfleet MA (2007); Bay Area Playwrights Festival ( 2005); Furious Theatre, Los Angeles (2009); Washington Ensemble Theatre, Seattle (2010); Theatre Exile, Philadelphia (2009); Catastrophic Theatre, Houston, TX (2009); and others.