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.