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Velvet Nox Productions Presents

Strange Hearts

Collage banner for Strange Hearts, June 27th
 

Program

ACT I

Hibiscus Bloom

Villanelle

Lilith Azazel

Irene Straddler

ACT II

MK Ultra

Sodi Moore

Devin Alfather

Lilith Allure

Disco Lemonade

There will be a brief intermission between acts.
No strobe effects are used in this production.

 Tips

We appreciate your support! 🖤
All tips are evenly divided between the performers.
We also accept cash tips given to any of our kittens.

Tip via Paypal · @velvetnox
Tip via Venmo · @irene_straddler

 

Drink Specials

 
 

🪨 Fractured Geode

Gin, Empress Gin, Elderflower, Lemon, Rosé bubbles

🪞Ceaseless Muse

Bourbon, peach, maple, bitters

🌙 Moondrop

Vodka, cranberry, lemon, club soda

💧 Wretched fool

Rum, coconut, passionfruit, pineapple, lime

⚔️ Invictus

Vanilla Vodka, Amaretto, Frangelico

🫀 Strange heart

Slushed tequila, blackberry, lime

Cocktails - $13.
Mocktails - $5.

Most cocktail recipes available as mocktails - just ask!

 

Starring

 

Devin Alfather

Devin Alfather is a Theatrical Fusion performer who specializes in over-the-top costuming and character acts. Her work incorporates modern dance, Waving, Go-go, and occasionally strip-tease. She can be found rolling around any dance floor that will have her, from Vegas to Portland.

Photo by Mano Chromatic


DISCO Lemonade

Whispered in various corners of the realm, this performer is known by a few names. Whether you catch them as the ethereal shapeshifter -- Disco Lemonade 🌀 , or the flamboyant drag king-thing-flirty-man-lady-boi -- Wyatt Diamond 💎 , this powerful creature traipses across stages in Austin and beyond as an aerialist, movement artist, temptrix, and menace. ️⚡

Known to relish in the playful, provocative, and absurd in every form-- rest assured --should you find yourself face to face with this creature, buckle up. You are in for one hell of a ride 💋✨

Photo by Sequin Spotlight Imagery


Hibiscus Bloom

Hibiscus Bloom is a Bay Area native, shimmying & blooming through Austin, TX. Hibiscus Bloom is a queer burlesque artist and clown extraordinaire! Known for their commitment to celebrating identity and self-expression, Hibiscus blends sensuality, empowerment, and storytelling in every performance. Hibiscus Bloom has graced the stages of The Burning Man Project, Texas Burlesque Festival, SXSW, Texas Eclipse Festival, and variety of wondrous shows throughout Texas. Bloom is a member of the Bat City Bombshells Burlesque Troupe and clowns around as a member of Fou Fou Ha Clown Trope and is a member of Shea Butter Babies Productions.

Photo by Sequin Spotlight Imagery


Irene Straddler

Irene Straddler is the current producer of Velvet Nox. She co-founded Velvet Nox in 2017 and has been haunted by glitter demons ever since.

Photo by Synthetic Studio


Lilith Allure

Lilith Allure is a highly trained and certified eldritch queer with many millenniums of unholy and disconcerting practices under her garter belt. They have no free time, for she is priceless. She has brought her corporeal form here tonight as a special favor to their unworthy supplicants, so enjoy this rare opportunity for direct eye contact with the Flesh That Seared A Thousand Souls.

Photo by Sequin Spotlight Imagery


Lilith Azazel

Lilith is a burlesque and drag performer who captivates audiences with her powerhouse energy and striking aesthetic. Acrobatics, fans, flags, she does it all! She aims to grip your hearts and cause a stir in your parts. Hailing from the Haus of Destruction, she's the vampy vintage vixen, Lilith Azazel!

Photo by Synthetic Studio


MK ULtra

MK Ultra is a time-traveling tiny dancer, an unholy bisexual terror, a pseudo-contortionist, human blockhead, part-time beefcake and chronic drag clown, with bones of rubber and buns of steel. They are a cast member of the monthly drag show Shock Therapy at Elysium, everyone’s favorite theatrical goth stripper at Whiplash, and you can also find them flexing virtually across weird stretches of the internet landscape.

Photo by Synthetic Studio


Sodi Moore

Sodi Moore is a neoburlesque themme fatale who’s been stealing souls across the south since late 2018. This vixen explores themes of darkness, otherness, & macabre in their sensual routines while adding a dash of humor. Along with being a part of multiple award winning Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex burlesque productions over the years, Moore has also been featured in publications such as Fort Worth Weekly, Retro Lovely, & the Dallas Observer. From the goth club to the big stage this traveling showghoul continuously mesmerizes national audiences with their savory moves & dangerous curves. They’re 90% salt, 100% sexy…the saltiest babe who’ll leave you craving Moore!

Photo by Synthetic Studio


Villanelle

Villanelle is an anti-fascist pole witch, heretic, and occasional snake handler who has been teaching and performing in Austin for the better part of a decade. You can find them teaching all levels of pole, Floorwerk, and Freestyle at Black Box Creative, as well as teaching Aerial Pole at Lache Movement Company. No Gods, No Masters, Hail Yourself!

Photo by Mano Chromatic


Thank You!

To our performers, audience, staff, sponsors, and venue. You make our freaky little dreams possible.

🖤


Special Thanks

Doors - Jeff & Thor
Raffle & Merch - Generous Volunteer
Jack of All Trades - Patrick
Lighting & Sound - AV of Austin
Emcee - Dylan Yorick
Kittens - Ravenna & Penny Lore
Stage Manager - Irene Straddler
Photography - Mano Chromatic & Patrick Rusk
Videography - Synthetic Studio
Bar & Concessions - Pandy, Lorri, & Stage Austin
Production - Irene Straddler
Strange Hearts Art - Irene Straddler / Harley Brimstone
& Our Hosts - Stage Austin

Poetry

Poems in order of appearance:

Excerpts from “Elegy in Joy” by Muriel Rukeyser

“Last Spring” by Gottfried Benn, translated By Michael Hofmann

“The Waking” by Theodore Roethke

“Self-Portrait as Lilith” by Elizabeth Acevedo

“The Ocean Offers Femmes Some Unsolicited Advice” by Franny Choi

“Matinee” by Andrea Cohen

“Doomsday” by Amy Gerstle

“El Beso” by Angelina Weld Grimké

Excerpts from “Through the Looking Glass” By Veronica Forrest-Thomson

Excerpts from “Fearful” by Sylvia Plath

“Outbreaks” by Kitchen McKeown

Excerpts from “Tenor” by Lue Hughes

“Gay Marriage Poem” by Jenny Johnson

“They/Them” by Danez Smith

“Prayer/Oración” by Francisco X. Alarcón, translated by Francisco Aragón

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