Benefactors
Benefactor Support Sustains BurlyCon
Through benefactor support, BurlyCon sustains our educational programs, increases access through scholarships, and invests in the artists and educators at the heart of our year-round work and annual convention. Every benefactor plays a vital role in strengthening our community and advancing our mission.
Meet Our Benefactors
We proudly recognize each Benefactor for their generosity, which makes BurlyCon’s programs, initiatives, and community impact possible.
Coney Bow
Showgirl in track pants and glittery nerd, Coney Bow, is an international burlesque performer, educator, and scene-builder. She creates minimalist portraits of spirited women, and nurtures community in southern France as director of Boardwalk Factory and co-producer of Méditerranée Burlesque Festival.
Indigo Blue
Miss Indigo Blue is an award-winning burlesque entertainer, educator and entrepreneur. She began performing in 1994 and opened the Academy of Burlesque in 2003. She created BurlyCon as the first International Educational and Social Convention dedicated to burlesque in 2008.
Roula Roulette
A theatrical and burlesque artist, Roula’s work centers fat vanity, sex positivity, self-love, political commentary, and playful personal narratives. Roula hold an MA in Theatrical Production and multiple dance certifications. A community organizer and activist, their work honors queer and feminist legacies. Roula owns Metropolitan Studios, The Atlanta School of Burlesque, and The Candybox Revue.
Obscura Fox
Obscura Fox, the Unseelie Queer of Scare-Rousal, is a mesmerizing performer whose work blends American Fusion Bellydance with Caribbean rhythm and dark, sensual storytelling. A Bajan-American, queer, femme artist, Obscura performs internationally and works as a producer, instructor, and board member of The Burlesque Hall of Fame.
Delle B. Divine
Delle B. Divine is the ultimate Babetriarch—a Them Fatale with a heart of gold. Guided by radical joy, queer kinship, and collective liberation, Delle blends magic, mischief, and unapologetic self-love. A burlesque artist, tarot reader, and High Priestexx of BizWitchery, they fuel rebellion with intuition, laughter, and maximum queer energy.
Laurie Kurutz
Professor Laurie Kurutz, BurlyCon’s 2024 Guest of Honor, has contributed interviews to the BurlyCon Legends Archive and is a three time BurlyCon presenter. She created the "Voices of Oregon Burlesque" oral history, and organized the Oregon premiere of "What the Funk?!". Laurie teaches costume technology, Western fashion history, and U.S. burlesque history at Southern Oregon University.
Hedy Harper
Hedy Harper is a Grand Rapids based artist, performer and model who has performed all over Michigan. Known for her normalization of bodies and the humans in them, she’s not a sex object, just a naked person!
Peter Morningwood
PMWood Creative, that voice, that beard. Tarot, esoteric research, Divinations, voice over, burlesque.
Velvet Thorn
Velvet Thorn is a CA North Bay–based burlesque dancer, producer, and founder of Epineux Productions. A wine-country sweetie, she creates quarterly burlesque shows and cult theater projects in Sonoma, centering inclusivity, free expression, and community care while expanding local burlesque culture.
Scarlett Letter
Scarlett supports BurlyCon’s mission through generous giving. We’re grateful for Scarlett's role in sustaining our programs, annual convention, and community.
BeeBee Sanchez
BeeBee is the bodacious babe with the bountiful body and biting wit. This mercurial minx is a dancer, producer, femmecee, and Artistic Director for Querencia (ke-ren-seeya) Dance Company. BeeBee burst onto the burlesque scene in 2019 after a storied 20+ performance career in bellydance and theatrical dance. BeeBee provides safe spaces for marginalized performers to shine and to further the visibility and representation for BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and artists who live with disabilities.
Mount Saint Helen
After years of bumping and grinding on her own, a seismic shift brought Mount Saint Helen to burlesque. Her goal is to take you to the peaks of entertainment and make you erupt with applause and dollar bills. As a member of The Candybox Revue, Mount Saint Helen gyrates, emotes, and entertains her way through festivals, conventions, and main stage shows. She is the mountain mistress with explosive allure. Oh, and she designed this website.
Preston West
Preston is a Western Canadian burlesque dancer who has been attending BurlyCon regularly since 2018. She believes deeply in the community and intersectional education offered over the weekend and is ecstatic for the opportunity to share that with others through the benefactor program.
Stormy Chance
Stormy's giving provides essential support for BurlyCon’s mission, sustaining our programs, annual convention, and community
Dr. Tabby Kat
The distinguished doctor of debauchery is an Olympia, WA based burlesque performer and stage manager. Educated in technical theatre since 2006 and a member of the burlesque community since 2012, they can be found pawing around all parts of production for shows across the Pacific Northwest.
La Cochina Royale
La Cochina Royale champions BurlyCon’s mission through meaningful support, helping sustain our programs, annual convention, and community.
Bianca Coal
Bianca helps advance BurlyCon’s mission through generous support that strengthens our programs, annual convention, and community.