Karinda Dobbins
Karinda Dobbins is an American comedian. She co-produces the monthly comedy show The Resistance! alongside Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, has regularly opened for W. Kamau Bell,[1] and additionally opened for Trevor Noah, Gina Yashere, Michelle Wolf, and Dave Chappelle.[2][3][4] She has performed at festivals such as the Desi Comedy Fest,[5] the Portland Queer Comedy Festival,[6] Bridgetown Comedy Festival, and Comedy Central's Colossal Clusterfest.[7] In 2019, SFist named her one of their 13 San Francisco Standup Comedians to Go See Now.[8]
Early life[edit]
Dobbins was raised in Detroit. Her nickname was "Cool Breeze" due to her even temperament.[9] Her family was politically engaged, which would later inform her brand of comedy.[10] While "still playing straight," (XRAY.fm podcast, 6:36) Dobbins became pregnant and had a daughter, who was born in 1993.[1] Before moving to California, Dobbins knew she wanted to come out as a lesbian to her mother, which she did. She came out to the rest of her family in Detroit the following Thanksgiving. (XRAY.fm podcast, 7:07)
Career[edit]
Dobbins began her career in the bio-tech industry.[1] In 2009, Dobbins performed—on a dare from her girlfriend—for the first time at an open mic night at Woody’s, a laundromat café in Oakland, California.[2][10][11] Incidentally, she was the only person who signed up. She proceeded to perform a seven-minute set. (XRAY.fm podcast, 5:15)
In 2011, she performed at San Francisco Woman Against Rape's She Who Laughs Lasts.[12] In 2013, she opened for acts such as W. Kamau Bell[13] and performed at venues such as the Great American Music Hall.[14] In 2015, she headlined Gay for Days, Oakland's only queer comedy show[15] and was featured on Put Your Hands Together, River Butcher and Cameron Esposito's live podcast.[16] In 2016, she performed at the 20th Annual Michigan LGBTQ ComedyFest.[17] In 2017, she appeared at Amado's for The Setup: Stand up Comedy in the Mission.[18] In 2018, she was named as a judge for Literary Death Match, a competition of Litquake.[19] She also performed as a special guest for the Oakland LGBT Center and Pride Film Fest's QTPOComedy Takeover fundraiser[20] and the Novvato Theater Company's Third Annual Comedy Festival.[21] Additionally, she played shows such as Woman Crush Wednesday at the Hollywood Improv,
In 2019, she performed at SF Sketchfest,[22] headlined Brava Theater Center's Who’s Your Mami Comedy,[23] headlined the show Comedy with Liz Grant and Friends,[24] and performed at Minority Retort Presents,[25] Freight & Salvage's Pride Comedy Night,[26] Real Pain Fine Arts in Los Angeles,[27] and in San Francisco Women Against Rape's 14th Annual Walk Against Rape.[28] She also performed at MAKE IT STOP: A Night to Raise Money and Some Hell for Gun Reform Candidates, with all proceeds going to One Vote at a Time, a group of female filmmakers who were making free professional campaign videos for candidates in state elections who were committed to gun reform.[29]
Influences[edit]
Dobbins has been compared to Dave Chappelle and Paul Mooney. One of her personal comedy icons is Moms Mabley.[2]
Awards and honors[edit]
- Named as one of 13 San Francisco Standup Comedians to Go See Now by SFist (2019)
- Named one of Bitch Media's Six Hilarious Female Comedians You Don't Know Yet—But Should (2014)[30]
Podcasts[edit]
| Date | Show | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | We Want the Airwaves[9] | "Cool Breeze: An Interview with Karinda Dobbins" |
| 2017 | Politically Re-Active LIVE![31] | "Comedy in the Trump Era" |
| 2017 | Live Wire with Luke Burbank[32] | Episode 348: "Tell It Like It Is with Loudon Wainwright III, Bruce Campbell, and Karinda Dobbins" |
| 2017 | Midlife Mixtape[33] | Episode 3 |
| 2017 | Sights & Sounds on KALW[34] | |
| 2018 | The Spice Cabinet[35] | "Seafood Boil with Karinda Dobbins" |
| 2018 | Quiz-o-Tron[36] | "Quizlet! Karinda Dobbins on Who Even Needs Plasma Anyway" |
| 2018 | Sup Doc[37] | "The United States of Detroit with director Tylor Norwood and comedian Karinda Dobbins" |
| 2019 | XRAY.fm[38] | "Minority Retort with comedian Karinda Dobbins" |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Karinda Dobbins: From bio-tech to comedy". January 15, 2016.
- ^ a b c Staff, Anna Ho | Senior (June 17, 2019). "Karinda Dobbins talks 'making intersectionality funny'". The Daily Californian.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Danville, CA". Danville, CA.
- ^ "From The Daily Show & Netflix's The Standups: Comedian Gina Yashere! (and Acquaintances) | Freight & Salvage". freightandsalvage.org.
- ^ "KARINDA DOBBINS". DESI COMEDY FEST.
- ^ "Portland Queer Comedy Festival at Curious Comedy Theater". DoPDX.
- ^ "Comedy Central's Colossal Clusterfest Was a Festival Done Right". pastemagazine.com. June 14, 2017.
- ^ "13 San Francisco Standup Comedians to Go See Now". SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports. February 21, 2019. Archived from the original on December 21, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ a b "We Want the Airwaves - Karinda Dobbins | Saturday Night Live | Jokes". Scribd.
- ^ a b "Queer comics shine". The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.
- ^ Foushee, Nina (July 2, 2017). "Oakland Comedian Karinda Dobbins Says What's On Her Mind". Medium.
- ^ "She Who Laughs Lasts". www.sfwar.org.
- ^ "LGBT – Page 8".
- ^ "BitchSlap! Comedy Showcase featuring Marga Gomez, with Liz Grant, Elo (...) at Great American Music Hall". Relix Magazine.
- ^ "Courting Comedy". Courting Comedy. 6 March 2015.
- ^ "Put Your Hands Together with Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher". UCB Theatre.
- ^ "Equality Michigan".
- ^ "The Setup - Stand up Comedy in the Mission". AMADOSSF.COM.
- ^ "Litquake 2018 festival: Literary Death Match". litquake2018.sched.com.
- ^ "Oakland LGBTQ Center + Pride Film Fest: QTPO Comedy with Sampson McCormick".
- ^ "Comedy Festival January 2018".
- ^ "Karinda Dobbins's schedule for SF Sketchfest 2019". sfsketchfest2019.sched.com.
- ^ "Who's Your Mami Comedy with headliner Karinda Dobbins". Brava for Women in the Arts.
- ^ Degan, Ryan J. "Danville: Karinda Dobbins headlines 'Comedy with Liz Grant and Friends'". danvillesanramon.com.
- ^ "Minority Retort Presents: Karinda Dob... | Jan 19 | Willamette Week". www.wweek.com.
- ^ "Pride Comedy Night at Freight & Salvage – DOWNTOWN BERKELEY".
- ^ "Real Pain Comedy". RSVP.
- ^ "PERFORMERS". SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN AGAINST RAPE.
- ^ "News America Progressive Party - Politics, Government, Senate, Election". 13 July 2020.
- ^ "Six Hilarious Female Comedians You Don't Know Yet—But Should". Bitch Media.
- ^ "Comedy in the Trump Era: 3 Comedians, a Professor, and Kamau's Mom from Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu". www.stitcher.com.
- ^ ""Tell It Like It Is" with Loudon Wainwright III, Bruce Campbell, and Karinda Dobbins | Live Wire Radio". www.livewireradio.org.
- ^ "Ep 3 Comedian Karinda Dobbins". May 4, 2017.
- ^ Sojico, Jackie. "Comedian Karinda Dobbins: Sights & Sounds". www.kalw.org.
- ^ "Spice Cabinet: Seafood Boil with Karinda Dobbins on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts.
- ^ "Quizlet! Karinda Dobbins on Who Even Needs Plasma Anyway from Quiz-o-Tron". www.stitcher.com.
- ^ "96 - LIVE: UNITED STATES OF DETROIT w director Tylor Norwood and comedian Karinda Dobbins from Sup Doc: A Documentary Podcast | Podbay". podbay.fm.
- ^ "XRAY In The Morning - Radio Is Yours on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts.