Dual Demons
A queer producer and educator duo based in Santa Cruz County that runs rope classes and a regular Rope Lab with a queer social hour. They also stage variety shows that include shibari acts and have performed on the Folsom Street Fair Bondage Stage.
Dual Demons is a queer rope and performance project from Santa Cruz County, run by Devon and Cass, a couple who describe themselves as producers, educators and performers. Their about page presents Devon as a rope top, bottom and self-suspender who also teaches about kink and polyamory, and Cass as a sex educator and an artist working in drag, costume and aerial arts. Their stated approach pairs queer joy and humor with informed consent and queer liberation.
Classes. The Bael Series is a recurring rope curriculum on Tuesday evenings at The 418 Project in Santa Cruz, open without a partner or prerequisites. Each session takes one topic: negotiation and trauma-informed consent, nerves and safety and the parts of a rope, non-collapsing single and double column ties, connection in rope, frictions and hitches, and building a rope scene. In 2026 the cycle ran twice, from February to June and from July to December.
Rope Lab and social hour. On the last Tuesday of each month the group hosts a free, substance-free social hour for queer, kinky, BDSM and non-monogamous people and allies, followed by a sliding-scale rope jam for all levels. All events are 18+ with ID checks, and masks are required.
Shows and community. Dual Demons staged queer variety shows that mixed shibari suspension with drag, burlesque, pole, circus and aerial acts, including Under the Big Top (April 2026) and South of Heaven (October 2026). It announced South of Heaven as the last show it would produce. With The 418 Project it runs a mutual aid fund for trans people in crisis in Santa Cruz County. It co-hosted a Folsom-weekend play party with Twisted Windows, whose performance troupe lists the duo as members.