Lobster

By Kallan Dana

Directed by Hanna Yurfest

Produced by Emma Richmond

Nora loves Patti Smith. Nora is Patti Smith. Nora is stoned out of her mind in the Chelsea Hotel, no, the Chelsea Hotel is her mind, actually, the Chelsea Hotel is an out-of-use portable classroom in the Pacific Northwest, but that portable is a breeding ground for lobsters young women.

Lobster premiered at The Tank NYC as part of their Spring 2025 Core Production season with support from Clubbed Thumb + New Georges.

WITH

Cast: Annie Fang (Imogen), Cricket Brown (Nora), Coco McNeil (Medea), Felix Teich (Jeremy), Sarina Freda (Gwen)
Digital Design: Amar Ahmad
Scenic Design: Pete Betcher
Stage Manager: Cori Diaz
Assistant Stage Manager: Olivia Mermagen
Intimacy Director: Max Mooney
Lighting Design: Jacqueline Scaletta
Sound Design: Mellie Way
Assistant Sound Design: Coralie Monamy
Associate Producer: Jonah Harrison
Casting: Needy Lover

PRESS

Lobster was named one of the best plays of 2025 by The New Yorker’s Helen Shaw and the second best play of 2025 by Vulture/NY Mag’s Sara Holdren.

“Truly exceptional” - Sara Holdren, Vulture

“Exquisitely directed by Hanna Yurfest…In a year full of strong work about adolescence, ‘Lobster’ went deepest into the reason we gravitate to such stories” - Helen Shaw, The New Yorker

“Among the sharpest and wittiest plays I’ve seen all year, Kallan Dana’s Lobster is an exhilarating treat” - Joey Sims, Theatrely

“A deeply felt meditation on solitude, motherhood, and the sublime” - Loren Noveck, Exeunt

Photos by Maria Baranova