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WHat I wORE to Work:

A Memoir of Dressing to Undress

by Jo Weldon

A one-woman show exploring the intersections of
sex work, fashion, and culture.

"an intriguing and entertaining evening"
Alix Cohen, Woman Around Town

"You’ll laugh, learn, and leave with an appreciation for sex work’s influence across culture. At once joyful, thoughtful, and insightful, What I Wore to Work is not to be missed. "
Elyssa Goodman, author of Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag in New York City

"...characteristically uncategorizable... Ms. Weldon has impressive charms and enormous burlesque fashion erudition, combined with a Mae West world-weariness drolly suited to her subject."
Barry Singer, author of EVER AFTER: Forty Years of Musical Theater and Beyond

"Jo Weldon's one-woman show about, as she put it, 'the intersections of sex work and fashion, and my intersections with those intersections' is a funny, warm, insightful, and fascinating show."
Susan Elizabeth Shepard

"Jo is a hero, and she's brilliant - please go see her show which is both breezy and entertaining, and well researched and thought provoking - a galvanizing example of a life well lived."
Carolyn Raship, creator of Caviglia's Cabinet of Curiousities

Check out the promo reel!

Details and Tickets

The next show in NYC is currently being scheduled for early 2025.

Jo is looking to perform her show in other cities where there is a strong interest in sexy work and fashion.
The perfect opportunity supports an evening production of the show in a venue seating 80-140 people, with Jo teaching a striptease workshop the following afternoon or evening. If you have suggestions, please contact her schoolofburlesque@gmail.com.

Instagram: @sexworkerstyle
A Whore to Culture (on Substack)