Nasty Canasta (burlesque)

She is the producer and host of Sweet & Nasty Burlesque,[1] and the featured performer in the New York branch of Naked Girls Reading.

Canasta was married to fellow burlesque performer and writer Jonny Porkpie but the two have since divorced.[when?]

She is the inspiration for the fictional character "Filthy Lucre" in Porkpie's book The Corpse Wore Pasties (Hard Case Crime, 2009).

[4] Canasta has gone on to write and stage multiple scripted burlesque shows based on works like King Kong, Casablanca, and A Christmas Carol.

She is the producer of the NYC branch of Naked Girls Reading and performs all over North America.