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Upcoming Shows:

Old Queen by Penny Arcade
Dixon Place
Showing July 9-11, 16-18, 23-25, 2009
9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24 at 8pm; 11, 18, 25 at 10pm
$20 general admission, $15 students & seniors

All shows are now at 161A Chrystie Street, between Rivington and Delancey.
www.dixonplace.org



Past Shows:

Penny Arcade - Mousonturm

Longing Lasts Longer
December 5th and 6th, 2008
Mousonturm
Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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Penny Arcade's Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore!

BITCH! DYKE! FAGHAG! WHORE! (Regional Premiere)
February 25 – March 7, 2009 at 8pm
Brava!
2781 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

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Written and Created by Penny Arcade
Tickets $20-$50

“In a world where "bad girl" has become a marketing ploy applied to the likes of Britney Spears, New York performance artist and social satirist Penny Arcade is the real thing.” – The Sydney Morning Herald

“The show is everything you ever wanted to know about censorship, feminism, counterculture and joy – without speaking about any of those things.” – Rolling Stone Magazine

Penny Arcade was recently featured in the Weimar, NY Series presented at SF MOMA, February 2008. Arcade aka Susana Ventura is an internationally respected writer, actress and director. Penny Arcade debuted with John Vaccaro's explosive Playhouse of The Ridiculous at 17 years of age, and was a Warhol Factory superstar at 19, featured in the Warhol film "Women In Revolt. In 1991 the great Quentin Crisp chose Penny Arcade as the woman he most identified with naming her his Anima Figure and their friendship became professional as they undertook many performances together right up till one month before his death at age 91. For the first time, Arcade world renowned performance piece, “BITCH! DYKE! FAGHAG! WHORE!” comes to San Francisco!!!
Tickets $20-$50

REBELLION CABARET with Chris Rael
June 2005, Mexico City, Mexico El Habito

REBELLION CABARET (with Chris Rael)
February - March 2005, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

PENNY ARCADE IN MOTION
January 2005, Fez Night Club, NYC, NY

ESCAPE FROM THE  EAST VILLAGE NY NY
December 2004, Bam Cafe, NY, NY

LONGING LASTS LONGER 
August 2004, Howl! Festival Rooftop Rant Solo, NYC, NY

REBELLION CABARET (with Chris Rael)
August 2004, Howl! Festival, NYC, NY,

BAD REPUTATION
June 2004, Contact Theatre, Manchester, England

REBELLION CABARET (with Chris Rael)
March 2004, The Evidence Room Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

REBELLION CABARET (with Chris Rael)
February 2004, University Theatre, Austin, TX

REBELLION CABARET  (with Chris Rael)
December 2003, Ars Nova Theatre, NYC, NY

NEW YORK VALUES
October 2003, The Theater Lab, Houston, Texas

NEW YORK VALUES
September 2003, Frankfurt, Germany (return engagement)

NEW YORK VALUES
August 2003, Joe's Pub, NYC, NY

NEW YORK VALUES
July 2003, Vortex Theater, Austin, TX

NEW YORK VALUES
May 2003, Heidelberg, Germany

NEW YORK VALUES
May 2003, Frankfurt ,Germany

NEW YORK VALUES
April 2003, Royal Festival Hall

WORKING MY WAY DOWN
March 2003, FEZ Night Club, NYC, NY

ARTIST SURVIVOR
December 2002, The Artist's Loft, NYC, NY

NEW YORK VALUES
February-March 2002, PS122, NYC, NY

PENNY ARCADE AT THE WARHOL MUSEUM
January 2002

SEX. POLITICS. REALITY.
August 2001, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh, Festival

ALIVE AND KICKING
April 2001, Joe's Pub, NYC, NY

STEMMING THE TIDE OF CULTURAL  AMNESIA
The Lower eastside Biography  Project
Weekly cable broadcast as of September 2000
Wed 11pm Ch 34/RCN 109/112 simo cast www.mnn.org

LADY FEST
August 2000, Olympia, WA

VIRTUAL ARCADE CYBER PERFORMANCE AND INTERVIEW SHOW

January - June 2000, Knitting Factory, NYC, NY

REBELLION CABARET
1999, Knitting Factory, NYC, NY

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF QUENTIN CRISP
September 1999, Knitting Factory, NYC, NY

BAD REPUTATION
March 1999, PS 122, NYC, NY

THE 1001 NIGHTS OF PENNY ARCADE / TALKING OUT LOUD / NEW YORK VALUES
November 1997 & March - May 1998, NYC, NY

BAD REPUTATION
March 1997, NYC, NY
August 1995, Sydney, Australia
1994, C.C.A., Glasgow Scotland

SISI SINGS THE BLUES
May 1996, Vienna Festival, Vienna, Austria

TRUE STORIES
January 1996, Calgary & Vancouver, Canada,      
October 1995, I.C.A. London
January - March 1995, Adelaide, Melbourne & Sydney, Australia
August 1989, PS 122, NY, NY

LOVE, SEX AND SANITY
November 1995, PS 122, NYC, NY

AN EVENING WITH  PENNY ARCADE AND QUENTIN CRISP
May 1995, Vienna Festival, Vienna, Austria

Sunday Tea with Quentin Crisp
September  - October 1993, PS122, NYC, NY

BITCH!  DYKE!  FAGHAG!  WHORE!
January - March 1994/1995, Adelaide, Melbourne & Sydney, Australia
September. - November 1994, Zurich, Switzerland & Dublin & Cork, Ireland
August 1993/1994, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
May - July 1994, Vienna Festival, Vienna, Austria, Galway, Ireland & Berlin & Munich, Germany
September - October 1993, Glasgow, Scotland & Manchester, Liverpool & London, England
September 1992 - July 1993, Village Gate, NYC, NY
May 1993, Miami Beach, FL
January 1993, Calgary, Canada
July - August 1992, PS 122, NYC, NY
June - July 1992, Tampa, FL 
July - September 1990, PS 122, NYC, NY

STATE OF GRACE
September 1991, PS 122, NYC, NY

LA MISERIA
NYC, NY, PS122, March -April 1991

LA MISERIA
March 1990, (work in progress) Franklin Furnace, NYC, NY

INVITATION TO THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE WORLD
November 1990, La Mama, NYC, NY

BASED ON A TRUE STORY
February 1990, La Mama, NYC, NY

A QUIET EVENING WITH SID AND NANCY
January 1989, Chelsea Hotel, NYC, NY for En Garde Arts

OPERATING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
November 1988 - La Mama, NYC, NY

BID FOR THE BIG TIME
August - September 1988, The Ballroom, NYC, NY

BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME
April 1988, La Mama, NYC, NY

INVISIBLE ON THE STREET
November 1986 - April 1987, University of the Streets, NYC, NY

WHILE YOU WERE OUT
June 1985, PS 122, NYC, NY

Penny Arcade Solo Work
February 1985, Poetry Project, NYC, NY

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