Class Overview

Let's discuss the pros and cons of making a mess onstage! Jo will give tips on how to prepare the stage and backstage for various pours, how to talk to producers and venues about them, and various approaches to cleaning up after them. We'll talk about the logistics of using confetti, fake blood, bath shows, and more; as well as how to use tarps, towels, and kiddie pools.  Learn from a woman who spent decades making huge messes on strip joint stages and never left a drop behind -- because she would have gotten her ass kicked if she did.

About the Instructor

Jo Weldon


Jo Boobs Weldon, Vice-President of Burlycon and Headmistress of The New York School of Burlesque, has been voted one of the top three influential figures of the past decade in 21st Century Burlesque's international poll. She has been volunteering at the Burlesque Hall of Fame and Coney Island USA for 15 years. She's published for decades on the topics of adult entertainment and sex workers' rights and is the HarperCollins author of The Burlesque Handbook and Fierce: The History of Leopard Print.