Karinda Dobbins

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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]

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Early life

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

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

Dobbins has been compared to Dave Chappelle and Paul Mooney. One of her personal comedy icons is Moms Mabley. [2]

Awards and honors

Podcasts

DateShowEpisode
2013We Want the Airwaves [9] "Cool Breeze: An Interview with Karinda Dobbins"
2017Politically Re-Active LIVE! [31] "Comedy in the Trump Era"
2017Live Wire with Luke Burbank [32] Episode 348: "Tell It Like It Is with Loudon Wainwright III, Bruce Campbell, and Karinda Dobbins"
2017Midlife Mixtape [33] Episode 3
2017Sights & Sounds on KALW [34]
2018The Spice Cabinet [35] "Seafood Boil with Karinda Dobbins"
2018Quiz-o-Tron [36] "Quizlet! Karinda Dobbins on Who Even Needs Plasma Anyway"
2018Sup Doc [37] "The United States of Detroit with director Tylor Norwood and comedian Karinda Dobbins"
2019XRAY.fm [38] "Minority Retort with comedian Karinda Dobbins"

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