as SCROOGE
as JACOB MARLEY
as The Ghost of
Classic Burlesque
as BOB CRATCHIT
as The Ghost of
Burlesque Yet To Come
as The Ghost of Neo Burlesque
as BELLE
Burlesqued by Jonny Porkpie
from the novella by Charles Dickens
Dickens' Introduction: Scott Rayow
Narrators: Cast
Scrooge: Scout Durwood
Fortuna: Jo Weldon
Goldie: Mimi Mashuga
Penny: Miss AuroraBoobRealis
Bob Cratchit: Jonny Porkpie
The Joyous Lush: Jo Weldon
Nephew Fred: Mimi Mashuga
Patty Petitioner: Miss AuroraBoobRealis
Ghostly Voice: Scott Rayow
Jacob Marley: Tigger!
Ghost of Classic Burlesque: Jo Weldon
Headmistress: Jo Weldon
Sister Fan: Mimi Mashuga
FrizzyWigg: Jonny Porkpie
Belle: Ruby Valentine
Ghost of Neo Burlesque: Mimi Mashuga
Mrs. Cratchit: Mimi Mashuga
XXXMas Announcer: Scott Rayow
Tiny Tim: Jonny Porkpie
Ghost of Burlesque Yet To Come: Miss AuroraBoobRealis
Citizens & Joes: Jonny Porkpie, Mimi Mashuga
Welcome to the Filthy Lucre:
Scout & Cast
Marley's Bondage
Tigger!
The Ghost of Classic Burlesque
Jo Weldon
Belle of the Ball
Ruby Valentine
The Ghost of Neo Burlesque
Mimi Mashuga
Tiny Tim’s Lament
(Music by Mike Tarantino, Lyrics by Jonny Porkpie)
Jonny Porkpie
The Ghost of Burlesque Yet To Come
Miss AuroraBoobRealis
Scrooge's Twisted Christmas Act
Scout Durwood & Cast
Scout, Tigger, Jo, Jonny photos by Bob Krasner
Aurora photo by David Byrd
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MISS AURORABOOBREALIS is an interdisciplinary performing artist creating in the intersections of burlesque, dance, theater and poetry. Central to her existence is the fact that Aurora cannot and will not separate herself from her art, race, or political beliefs. She has a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College with a focus on 20th Century Black Radical Artists and the intersections of dance, poetry, and theater. She is the co-founder of brASS: Brown RadicalAss Burlesque, and back in 2007, Brown Girls Burlesque. In 2018 brASS Burlesque’s reoccuring show in Brooklyn, Compost Bin: A RadicalASS Cabaret to Deal with the World, was featured in the New York Times! In 2019 Compost Bin was featured in Teen Vogue! In August of 2019 she joined the BurlyCon Board, and now serves as Executive Director. In 2020 she won a Silver Tusk Award for Best Political Figure. In 2021 she won a Silver Tusk Award for Achievement in Political Social Conscious Arts and Activism.
CHARLES DICKENS (Rolling in his grave), also known as Boz, has been called the greatest novelist of the Victorian Era. Known for his vivid characters and social commentary, Dickens was the author of over 15 books, including such classics as Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and Hard Times. As his popularity grew, with the public waiting breathlessly for the next installment of his latest work, he embarked on a series of public reading tours, appearing extensively across both North America and the UK. His works have been adapted for the screen by such luminaries as Mike Newell, Alfonso Cuarón, and The Muppets.
JAMES TIGGER! FERGUSON (Jacob Marley) "The Godfather of Neo-Boylesque" has performed in NYC since 1988 & around the world since 1993. A pioneer in the 1990s burlesque renaissance who won the 1st-ever "King of Boylesque/Mr. Exotic World" title at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas in 2006. He has headlined festivals all around Europe, Australia, North & South America. His act was banned in Rome. Tigger! has performed in Jonny’s shows since 2006, including the original productions of Filthy Lucre, Dead Sexy, A Day on the Boardwalk A Night at the Stripshow. IG@tiggerlesque
JONNY PORKPIE returned to producing and writing scripted theatrical burlesques in 2023 and hasn't looked back. Marx Brothers homage A Day on the Boardwalk, A Night at the Stripshow was such a success that it will return to open the Coney Island summer season in 2024, and Dead Sexy was called "a sexy, spooky, and downright hilarious night of entertainment" by Opening Night Reviews. These shows— which included Off-Broadway productions of “PRETENÇIÓN: un cirque de burlesque, un burlesque de cirque”, “The Pinch Brothers in The Bawdy House” —have been lauded as the “Best Burlesque” in NYC by New York Magazine and the Village Voice. His burlesque game show toured to over 30 cities in 5 countries on 3 continents, he recently released two collections of burlesque scripts, The Future of Burlesque and The Crime of Burlesque, and has, ludicrously, an MFA in Creative Writing for Children. website
JO WELDON has performed some version of striptease and burlesque since 1978, taking it off everywhere from dive bars to national museums -- including onstage with Spinal Tap and representing Gypsy Rose Lee for her 100th Birthday celebration at NYPL Live. The founder and Headmistress of the NY School of Burlesque and author of “The Burlesque Handbook” and “Fierce: The History of Leopard Print”, she received the 2023 Tour Guides of NYC Lifetime Achievement Award. Jo has traveled the world as a performer, speaker, sex worker's rights activist, and instructor; she appeared in both A Day on the Boardwalk, A Night at the Stripshow and Dead Sexy in 2024, and after a successful NYC run, her one-woman show What I Wore to Work will visit other citites in 2025.
MIMI MASHUGA The girl who puts the jiggle in the wiggle, has graced stages across the globe from Anchorage to Berlin with 22 festivals under her pastie. IG
RUBY VALENTINE Artist, Creature, Performer, member of @flesh.of.the.night . AKA Mona . Based in NY and the beyond. IG
SCOUT DURWOOD (Ebeneza Scrooge) is a cabaret comedian turned writer director known for her high octane music and visual narratives. Scout’s debut studio album, TAKE ONE THING OFF, was released with Blue Élan Records along with a twenty-two episode digital series of the same name, written and directed by Scout. She wrote and directed a feature-length narrative visual album, YOUTOPIA, premiered at Outfest 2022 and was the honorable mention for the Grand Jury Prize for North American Narrative Feature. Scout was a main character on MTV’s 2016 breakout MARY + JANE, and stared on the unscripted series, FUNNY GIRLS on Oxygen. Her thirty minute musical comedy special is available on the Epix series, UNPROTECTED SETS. She appeared as the Chico-based character in A Day on the Boardwalk, A Night at the Stripshow, and currently stars as the mistress of ceremonies of Spiegelworld’s cabaret circus show, THE HOOK. website
SCOTT RAYOW (Ghostly Voice, XXXMas Pageant Announcer) per wikipedia: Scott Rayow, often credited as Scottie Ray, is an American voice actor who has worked for NYAV Post, DuArt Film and Video, 4Kids Entertainment and Central Park Media. He is best known for voicing The Shredder in the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. He has been working with Porkpie since 2006.
BOB KRASNER (Press photos) has been a professional photographer for over 25 years. He has survived photo sessions with heavy metal hair bands, reluctant politicians, nervous brides and camera shy children (and adults).His pictures have been published by Rolling Stone, People, Vanity Fair, Town & Country, Penguin Books, Random House and The Villager, for whom he also writes. The New York Press Association has awarded him first prize for best art photograph for the last three years. He can frequently be found, camera in hand, on the streets of New York City (where he lives), looking for the next great shot.