The Hella Gay Comedy Festival 2014 is closing its week long comedy event with Girl Power Comedy Night, an all ladies line up featuring our funniest Lesbian, Fem, Straight, Butch, Lipstick & Estrogen fueled comics!
This show is packed with some our best heavy hitters from the Bay Area comedy scene!
For more info:
https://www.facebook.com/hellagaycomedyshow
Hosted by Carrie Avritt
Featuring:
Irene Tu
Kelly Lynch
Kate Willett
Jennifer Dronsky
Valerie Branch
Loren Kraut
Karinda Dobbins
Ash Fisher
Jennifer Dronsky has been collecting prestigious comedy awards such as “Winner of the first Alameda Comedy Competition” and Three time “Dirty Haiku Battle Champion”. Currently residing in San Francisco’s odiferous Tenderloin district with her partner, two cats and ever mounting tiny porcelain cat figurines. Jennifer draws upon the odd happenings and uncomfortable conversations that seem to be omnipresent in her life. Performing a continuous response to life in a self deprecating “what I wanted to say was this”, sort of way. With her charismatic style and uproarious foul mouth, Jennifer Dronsky is sure to make even your curmudgeonly relatives laugh.
Valerie Branch is the den mother of Bay Area comedy; the cool kind, that lets you drink during sleepovers. Valerie formerly produced the shows “Laughs at the Lookout” and “Jokers and Queens at Tommy T's,” and founded the two-year-running “LOL at OMG” open-mic and showcase. She has opened for Tommy Davidson and featured for Justin Martindale and Poppy Champlain.
Irene Tu is a stand-up comic, writer, and performer from Chicago, now also living in San Francisco. Some have described her as “sarcastic” but she just tells it like it is. She has been in SF Sketchfest, Limestone Comedy Festival, Cape Fear Comedy Festival, She-Devil Comedy Festival, Chicago Women’s Funny Festival, and was a finalist in Rooftop Comedy’s National College Comedy Competition. You can see her perform all around Chicago and the Bay Area.
Kelly Lynch better known on stage as Kelly O'Kelly is a human exclamation point! She is literally excited about everything, especially lighting up the comedy stage. She has already been graced with the opportunity to perform at some of the most established venues such as The Purple Onion and Cobb's in San Francisco and The Comedy Store in Los Angeles
Carrie Avritt, a San Francisco comedian, is funny. Carrie has performed open mic nights, showcases including Hella Gay Comedy, LOL Mondays and The Body Positive Comedy Show, performed with bands, been a guest on radio shows in both SF and SJ, the gay rodeo, private events, Pride events, and been a special guest comedian for Marga Gomez, Chris Franjola, DL Hughley as well as Loni Love.. Carrie brings with her a unique brand of edgy observational humor.
Karinda Dobbins hails from the Motor City and now living in the Bay Area, Karinda's humor is sharp, distinctive and infused with hilarious social commentary. Karinda made her prime-time national television debut on NickMom Night Out, a series of stand-up comedy showcases on Nickelodeon and she has opened for Greg Proops and W. Kamau Bell.
Ash Fisher is a comedian, writer and actor. She is not a comedienne, a writeress or an actress. She performs standup all over the Bay Area; hosts "Ash Tuesday" every Tuesday 4-6 P.M. on FCC Free Radio in San Francisco; co-produces the monthly Hella Gay Comedy Show; does voiceovers whenever someone lets her and writes about all things queer, funny and Oakland for Wear Your Voice Magazine. Ash holds a B.F.A. in Theatre from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and Sallie Mae will never let her forget it. ashfisherhaha.com
Loren Kraut co-wrote two one-woman shows, and stage-managed many Off- and Off-off Broadway plays. In January 2011, she won “Funniest Person in Downtown Berkeley” at Marga’s Funny Mondays at the Berkeley Marsh. Loren was a finalist in the Battle of the Bay Comedy Competition 2007 and 2009, & appeared on many radio shows. She was accepted into SF Sketchfest 2013.
Kate Willett is a San Francisco based comedian and actress. She has appeared at venues such as Cobb’s and the San Francisco Punchline. She is the host of a weekly radio show, called The Mission Position on radiovalencia.fm. She’s also the co-host of the Comikaze Lounge and co-producer of Comedy at Deluxe.
Pa'ina Lounge
1865 Post St.
SF, CA. 94115
415 829 2642
https://www.painasf.com
21 & Over
10$ Cover
Show @ 7:00pm
Doors @ 6:00pm
2 item minimum
Wheelchair accessible