tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59817862024-03-14T07:49:51.500-07:00Raised by WolfmannsAudra is a writer, editor, actor, & filmmaker with an MFA from Mills College. She is the co-writer/director of the short film Souls of Splendor, which is about gay comic book fans in San Francisco. Audra is also known as Odessa Lil: Mistress of Ceremonies. Ever since she ran SpeakEasily, the first-ever weekly neo-burlesque show in Oakland back in 2004, Odessa Lil has been whipping audiences into shape all around the Bay. Catch her burlesque talk show SPEAKEASILY on YouTube!APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger446125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-68890720495017335942013-07-01T01:19:00.001-07:002013-07-01T01:19:24.405-07:00AlStravaganza!
Hey Southern California! Tight and Nerdy: The First and Only All Weird Al-inspired Burlesque Troupe’s Al-Stravaganza with Odessa Lil, Pickles Kintaro, and so many more awesome weirdos is coming for you!
Catch us in LA this Fri 7/5 (https://www.facebook.com/events/404289906346659) OR San Luis Obispo on Sat 7/6(https://www.facebook.com/events/1388196358061683/)!
APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-37164484885768629642013-06-21T11:53:00.001-07:002013-06-21T11:53:27.254-07:00Souls of Splendor now online!
Gay, Geek, and Creatively Lost.
It’s been a while, but we are happy to announce that we are releasing Souls of Splendor to the internet, taking it right to the people! Here is Part 1 of 2:
Souls of Splendor, Part 1 from Gout Films on Vimeo.
Part 2 will be released on Monday.
I hope you enjoy this labor of love and geekdom. We were beyond blessed to have such an amazing cast and crew.
— APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-20462796383417331482013-05-09T20:11:00.000-07:002013-05-09T20:11:15.366-07:00Hey Noir hounds!
Check out this short I'm in with Karl Schackne, made by Brett Stillo and Grimes w/ help from Matthew Zipkin and Will Edeen!
http://youtu.be/N0WA1QfFpuQ
APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-21986767407243738192013-03-19T19:20:00.001-07:002013-03-19T19:21:42.912-07:00This Friday at The Vortex Room: VORTESQUE!
Friday, 3/22: FILM CULT & Speakeasily present:
VORTESQUE! The Vortex Room Show! A LIVE BURLESQUE and FILM HAPPENING with a very special WILLIAM SHATNER BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE!
Featuring the Very Best of SAN FRAN-SIZZLE from Laika Fox, Mistress Pon-Farr, Szandora LaVey, The Indra, and Odessa-Lil! Screening SCREAMING MIMI (1958) & more!
RSVP, more details:
http://www.facebook.com/events/APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-11595184922319361922013-02-10T16:11:00.002-08:002013-03-19T19:21:55.434-07:00Noir City Party in the SF Chronicle!Whoot! We're in the SF Chronicle!
http://www.sfgate.com/style/article/Butterfly-ushers-in-Year-of-Snake-4264289.php#photo-4137337
APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-945601549167914452012-12-20T08:02:00.001-08:002012-12-20T08:04:48.905-08:00NOIR AND PROUDI am so honored to announce that I'm Ms. Noir City 2013!
Don't believe me? Don't make me take out my wrench!
As a long-time fan of the genre and lover of the Noir City film festival, it's a dream come true really. Plus, working with monster talents Eddie Muller, Bill Selby, and David Allen to create this poster was an amazing experience. Not only did I get to go "behind the curtain" ofAPWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-25787560059671907882012-12-04T19:45:00.003-08:002012-12-04T19:46:47.018-08:00So Many Shows in December! Catch One if You Can!Happy holidays and all that junk!
Odessa Lil has a lot going on in December. If you are looking for something to do this month, you came to the right place!
First off, you can ALWAYS watch my weekly burlesque/variety talkshow, Speakeasily, in the archives at http://tradiov.com/sf/category/speakeasily.
Join us on Facebook while you're at it and get updates on the show and neat highlight APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-91574824821473128312012-11-13T17:29:00.000-08:002012-11-13T17:29:02.731-08:00TONIGHT in SF!
Odessa Lil to MC!
http://www.bombshellbetty.net/products/nov-elboAPWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-42363488977805742522012-11-06T12:15:00.003-08:002012-11-06T12:15:40.153-08:00
Odessa Lil & Szandora LaVey.
Time for more Speakeasily HIGHLIGT CLIPS!
Check out the bewitching Szandora LaVey interview in which she discusses her time on the Tyra Banks Show and so much more!
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/26605481/highlight/302103
AND see her hula hoop number here:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/26605481/highlight/302102
APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-38507167529953718302012-10-30T13:04:00.002-07:002012-10-30T13:04:51.633-07:00Speakeasily, Thursday 11/1!This Thursday: Speakeasily streams LIVE from 5- 6 PST!
We have your Day of the Dead tagged and bagged with special guests Szandora LaVey, McPuzo & Trotsky, and Honey Lawless! Watch live and call in OR catch it later in the archives!
Live:
http://tradiov.com/sf
Archives:
http://tradiov.com/sf/category/speakeasily/
APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-83038380951777184742012-10-26T01:09:00.001-07:002012-10-26T01:09:17.512-07:00Watch Speakeasily Episode 4 Online! Spookeasily?Watch our special Halloween episode of Speakeasily in which we delve into psychics, serial killers, channeling the dead, and the backwoods of Pacifica! Scary sexy!
With The Indra, Raya Light, Dorian Faust, and SAssyhot Buns!
Video streaming by Ustream
APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-7802696752330606182012-10-19T16:33:00.003-07:002012-10-19T16:34:36.616-07:00Watch Speakeasily Episode 3 Online! Guests Masquerotica's Scott Levkoff, Red Velvet, IfNWhendy, and Trixie Fou Laurant talk about the burning issues of our time: shoe fetishists, pubic hair, prop comedy, and puppets:
Video streaming by Ustream
APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-52597873897125051652012-10-18T00:09:00.003-07:002012-10-18T00:09:18.203-07:00Sign Up for the Speakeasily Newsletter!
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APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-53853575259794189072012-10-16T00:50:00.000-07:002012-10-16T00:50:00.842-07:00SPEAKEASILY, 10/18
This Thursday! Speakeasily, the Bay Area’s Burlesque Talk Show, streams LIVE from 5- 6pm on TradioV San Francisco.
Tune in for special guests Scott Levkoff, Red Velvet, IfNWhendy, and Trixie Fou Laurant!
Watch live and call in: http://tradiov.com/sf/
OR catch it later in the archives: http://tradiov.com/sf/category/speakeasily/
APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-209669277409019422012-10-08T01:14:00.005-07:002012-10-08T01:16:24.749-07:00SPEAKEASILY, Thursday 10/11
Thursday, 10/11: The 2nd episode of Speakeasily, the Bay Area’s Burlesque Talk Show, streams LIVE from 5- 6pm on TradioV San Francisco.
It’s TV, it’s internet, it Pickles Kintaro, Kingfish, Kiss Me Kate, and Odessa Lil, your mistress of ceremonies.
(You can also tune in later and watch it in the archives.)
Watch our first episode here: http://tradiov.com/sf/APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-46156162604010536962012-10-06T11:47:00.005-07:002012-10-06T11:47:51.867-07:00Speakeasily, Episode 1Check out the first episode of SPEAKEASILY, the Bay Area's Burlesque Talk Show, with Odessa Lil, your Mistress of Ceremonies (that's me!).
My guests were Casey Castille, Comrade Tang, and Lady Satan and they were fabulous! We talked about bad burlesque names, the '90s, Shelley Duvall's teeth and so much more.
Video streaming by UstreamAND if you just need a quick fix, here is a shortAPWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-75432379373912576662012-10-02T15:03:00.002-07:002012-10-02T15:03:15.971-07:00
Odessa Lil, your Mistress of Ceremonies, brings you behind the curtain so you can get up close and personal with the Bay Area’s most provocative burlesque, variety, and drag performers. She uncovers everything you want to know about the glitz and glam but are afraid to ask…and you never know what will be revealed!
STARTS OCTOBER 4th on TradioV!
Watch it streaming live at 5pm on TradioV with APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-76453971296186005392012-09-06T10:54:00.004-07:002012-09-10T13:34:58.549-07:00Odessa Lil in September! (And then some)Hey, Mister! You want shows? I got shows.
Tuesday, September 11th:
All Kinds of Sexy™ Burlesque Benefit Show at the Elbo Room!
Enjoy and evening of naughty bedtime stories and nighty-night burlesue, pillow fights and sleepover shenanigans BURLESQUETEER STYLE! This show will knock your socks off, AND it is a benefit for BOMBSHELL BETTY'S Everyday Bombshell™ Scholarship Fund.
HOSTED BY APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-68959168393826790622012-08-08T13:22:00.003-07:002012-08-08T13:22:26.918-07:00Al-StravaganzaCalling all Al Heads! It's time to bust out the checkered Vans and don the aloha shirts for what could possibly be the first ever all Weird Al-themed burlesque show. Seems overdue, right? Well, finally Mr. Yankovic is getting his due on Monday, August 13th at Oakland's Uptown as The Hubba Hubba Revue and Pickles Kintaro presentAPWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-31018388236799661372012-07-31T12:38:00.001-07:002012-07-31T12:38:22.996-07:00
Odessa Lil & Cerebreau.
Hubba Hubba Revue, 7.19.12.
Mike Lloyd (www.shutterstopphotography.com)
APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-19195546952981955552012-07-31T12:37:00.001-07:002012-07-31T12:37:25.948-07:00
Odessa Lil to MC
DIVA OR DIE BURLESQUE
August 10th!
Come out and see DIVA or Die Burlesque’s new show!
Featuring:
Mistress of Ceremonies Odessa Lil
IfnWhendy Darling
Red-Velvet Dancer
Laika Fox
Cherry Chapstick
Cheeky Sweets
Ada Lavender
Vadge of Honor
and Pretty Pretty Please!
Come strip away your inhibitions in this intimate theater!
Get your tickets in advance at: http://APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-18116449008705073042012-07-12T13:40:00.006-07:002012-07-12T13:42:12.811-07:00Odessa Lil to MC:
DIVA OR DIE BURLESQUE
Friday, July 20th
The Exit Theatre (156 Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA)
Come out and see DIVA or Die Burlesque's new show!
Featuring:
Mistress of Ceremonies Odessa Lil
IfnWhendy Darling
Red-Velvet Dancer
Laura Borealis
Lezzie Mcfagerson
Tasty Temptress!
Come strip away your inhibitions in this intimate theater!
Get your tickets in advance at: http://APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-46514430519651175842012-07-03T12:58:00.004-07:002012-07-03T13:12:06.504-07:00ODESSA LIL TO MC
MONDAY, July 9th :
Hubba Hubba welcomes Mynx d'Meanor & her FISHNET FOLLIES CLASSIC BURLESQUE REVUE! Come see this stellar showcase of sultry, sassy students from Fishnet Follies' own Academy of Tease!
Comrad Tang!Jet Noir!Velvet Nyx!Sweet Belize!The Fishnet Follies Chorus Girls!and the creator of Fishnet Follies, MYNX d'MEANOR!with special guest MISTRESS (*thwak!*) ofAPWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-87646945833260262552012-06-19T12:54:00.002-07:002012-06-19T12:54:41.920-07:00Odessa Lil to MC BAXTALO DROM: Friday, June 22nd!
Baxtalo DromFriday June 22, 2012Amnesia Music Hall853 Valencia st, SF9pm - 2am$10Join us at the campfire this month and bring your jug of moonshine... We're celebrating summer in the city with a jug band, hand made instruments, and lovely ladies. Come on down to the Amnesia Music Hall for Baxtalo Drom, San Francisco's cozy night of APWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11888688335862480140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5981786.post-24226387075313183582012-06-05T11:42:00.003-07:002012-06-05T11:42:29.467-07:00Photos of Odessa Lil from DivaFest 2012, by RJ Johnson!
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