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The world’s longest running amateur burlesque competition and showcase!
The Nudie Nubie Show - An Amateur Reveal (NN), is the world’s longest running amateur burlesque competition and showcase! Founded in Minneapolis over a decade ago, NN has now grown to be a part of San Francisco and now Chicago!
This show champions burlesque movers & shakers bringing together world class industry leaders & exceptional entertainers to help foster the growth & development of budding burlesque artists alike!
For each show, be delighted & astounded by the wit & joy of our provocateurs who have been in the business for decades while having the flex to cheer & vote for your favorite Nudie Nubie entertainer! Crowds have been delighted to support new burlesque artists and decide who takes home the Nudie Nubies' crown!
It’s fun! It’s fabulous! It’s glitter! It’s glamor!
JOIN US APRIL 11, Session II, Season II

Registration for our April 11 & May 09 Showcase is now closed.
Producers will reach out via email in the next week to confirm participation.
if you do not get drafted to perform this round, please note Nudie Nubie Windy City is doing their best to provide opportunities with adding two additional performance spots in our productions along with two additional showcases this year. Please do not let the wait time of our production to discourage you from applying to other opportunities. See Frequently Asked Questions below for more information.
We accept anyone that has had up to four years of stage experience or less as a burlesque strip tease soloist. To participate, you must register to perform and agree to abide by Nudie Nubie Windy City Guidelines.
Registration is voluntary. You are signing up to participate in an amateur open-stage showcase with limited sign-ups of up to 8 participants per show. First come, first serve.
Your $5 fee ensures that (1) you have a working PayPal set up as a professional tool used to pay performers and (2) because spots are limited, we want to ensure performers are committed in participating and not cancelling.
Our registration system can time out when a maximum number of submissions are met. If you submitted a form with your contact information, you should receive a copy of your responses. You can expect the production team to reach out to all submissions within the week.
Registration opens in June for our Fall showcases. Please follow our Instagram @nudienubiechicago for announcements! Registration takes place here on this website!

LILLY RASCAL, producer of Way Out Wednesday with over two decades of stage experience, sponsors prize packages of 1:1 sessions in professional development.

HONEY BEE ROSE, Reigning Queen of Burlesque with over a decade of experience, sponsors prize packages of 1:1 sessions in professional development.
Minority woman owned and family operated, Looking Glass Gems sponsors rhinestones for each of our WINNING contestants for every quarterly show! Please check out their page for your rhinestone musings! WE LOVE LOOKING GLASS GEMS!

Hardcore Pasties make the best Pasties around, long lasting, durable, and beautiful! Audience Contestant Winner will be receiving their very own pair!

Glotion for your motion! Developed by our very own Redbone, Judges Pick Contestant Winner will be receiving their very own ultimate ash bash, GLAM JAM!

With over two decades of experience in the arts, Lilly Rascal is key player in fostering professional relationships among novice & professional leaders in the industry. As an educator, she passes knowledge, history & discipline of burlesque keeping our artform alive & thriving while celebrating burlesque for all bodies, growth & innovation.

Honey Bee Rose is a key player in burlesque equity, diversity and entertainment here in Chicago. She is a crucial part of our team, helping build relationships amongst sponsors, volunteers, performer opportunity & production.

Muffy St. Clair is your go-to for fabulousness! With her generosity of spirit, quick wit & compassion, she brightens any room tenfold. A key player in ensuring hospitality, performer, volunteer and production crew are supported.

One of burlesque's hardest working emcees and veteran of the BHOF stage with over 25 years of industy experience, Foxy Tann (The Boss of Burlesque) has been hailed as one of The Top 10 Burlesque Performers To Watch by The Huffington Post, and dubbed a pioneer of the neo-burlesque movement by The Minneapolis Star Tribune. And in trying to
One of burlesque's hardest working emcees and veteran of the BHOF stage with over 25 years of industy experience, Foxy Tann (The Boss of Burlesque) has been hailed as one of The Top 10 Burlesque Performers To Watch by The Huffington Post, and dubbed a pioneer of the neo-burlesque movement by The Minneapolis Star Tribune. And in trying to put her money where her mouth is, with the underpaid and indispensable talents of RedBone, launched The Nudie Nubie Show - An Amateur Reveal in Minneapolis in 2013 as a showcase for new burlesque performers to grow and shine and opened a franchise in San Francisco in early 2017 and now Chicago!

The “Darling Dynamo of Burlesque”, Kitson Sass is trained in dance, the aerial arts and life who really just wants to do a little dance, make a little love and get down tonight. She’s a producer of the Nudie Nubie show Twin Titties and co-producer of The Birthday Show, where we party like it's your birthday everyday! She’s performed o
The “Darling Dynamo of Burlesque”, Kitson Sass is trained in dance, the aerial arts and life who really just wants to do a little dance, make a little love and get down tonight. She’s a producer of the Nudie Nubie show Twin Titties and co-producer of The Birthday Show, where we party like it's your birthday everyday! She’s performed on stages across the country, including The Burlesque Hall of Fame stage in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022. When she’s not melting hearts on stage, Kitson enjoys boxed wine, fried SPAM and long walks on the beach with her cats. And we here at NNChi have had such a delight working with Kitson launching our Opening Night of Chicago NN!

'Internationally known, Minnesota grown' RedBone is one of the biggest names in burlesque! She began traveling the world as one of the Wham Bam Thank You Ma’ams, backing up the infamous Foxy Tann in her quest for world domination in 2005. RedBone has featured at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend, is the 2019 reigning 'Princess of Burlesqu
'Internationally known, Minnesota grown' RedBone is one of the biggest names in burlesque! She began traveling the world as one of the Wham Bam Thank You Ma’ams, backing up the infamous Foxy Tann in her quest for world domination in 2005. RedBone has featured at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend, is the 2019 reigning 'Princess of Burlesque' and 2016-2023 21st Century Burlesque Magazine Top 50 Most Influential Industry Figures! Owner of Cyclone Enterprises, a production company focused on Black, Brown & Queer Fringe Arts Entertainment, producing Moist - An All Black Erotic Cabaret quarterly at Oasis SF.