WHat I wORE to Work:
A Memoir of Dressing to Undress
by Jo Weldon, author of The Burlesque Handbook and Fierce: The History of Leopard Print
A one-woman show exploring the intersections of
sex work, fashion, and culture.
In this unique presentation, Jo Weldon describes her flight from the bible-thumping and queerbashing suburbs of her youth into the dangerously liberating world of adult entertainment. Revealing her story by describing the transgressive clothes she wore on the job, she brings to light what it truly means to be dressed like a whore.
"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
"an intriguing and entertaining evening"
Alix Cohen, Woman Around Town
"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
Details and Tickets for New Orleans, April 15, 2025
The next show in NYC is currently being scheduled for 2025.
Produced in association with SpinCycle
Jo wants bring her show to you!
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 at schoolofburlesque@gmail.com.
Instagram: @sexworkerstyle
A Whore to Culture (on Substack)
