Museum Staff
Dustin M. Wax, Executive Director
Dustin holds an M. Phil. (ABD) in cultural anthropology from the New School for Social Research in New York City, and has taught anthropology and gender studies at both University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the College of Southern Nevada since 2003. He is strongly committed to Nevada arts and culture, has served on the boards of several local arts and cultural organizations, and currently sits on the board of the Nevada Museums Association. He is the editor of Anthropology at the Dawn of the Cold War: The Influence of Foundations, McCarthyism, and The CIA and author of Don’t Be Stupid: A Guide To Learning, Studying, And Succeeding At College.
Buttercup, Program Coordinator
Buttercup is a burlesque performer, producer, instructor, and costumer in Las Vegas, Nevada. She hails from New York City where she studied at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Along with her skilled voice and movement, Buttercup incorporates traditional burlesque elements into her routines. Her fan-dance, bump and grind and tassel and assel twirling create unforgettable acts which embody beauty and eroticism with light-hearted flair. Buttercup has been a featured entertainer in burlesque, comedy, and variety shows in Las Vegas and across the country. She manages BHOF’s School of Striptease. She produces the burlesque shows, Revusical and Sinful as well as BHOF’s Tease: A Burlesque Revue.
Darby Fox, Curator
A performer, host, producer, and educator, Darby Fox has been working burlesque stages since 2011. Darby’s interests in burlesque are academic as well; a trained historian, Darby finished her MA in 2018. In her thesis, Mixing the Business of Pleasure, Darby examined burlesque as labor in twentieth-century America, while her minor in public history emphasized curation. As a performer, Darby integrates the naughty playfulness and comedy that has historically been a part of burlesque with striptease to create modern narratives. Darby is an instructor at the BHoF’s School of Striptease.
Sil Silk, Museum Assistant
Sil Silk was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada and received her BFA in sculpture from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2024. She is a first-generation college graduate. Working predominantly in photography, Silk’s practice serves as an exploration of beauty, sexuality, and gender performance. They are interested in the intersectionality of science, clownery, costuming, performance, eroticism, and the macabre. Sil Silk is a visual artist, an aspiring entertainer, and a museum assistant at the Burlesque Hall of Fame.
Board of Directors
Nicollette Daly, Chair
Bunny Bee, Outgoing Chair
Robert Ferguson, Vice-Chair
Lux LaCroix, Secretary
Debra Roth, Treasurer
Dustin M. Wax, President
Alotta Boutté
Tiffany Carter
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Board Emeritus
The title of Board Emeritus recognizes founders and past board members whose work and service have been instrumental to shaping the Burlesque Hall of Fame as it is today.
Jennie Lee
Dixie Evans
Laura Herbert
Dita Von Teese