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The Very Best of Penny Arcade to Play Laurie Beechman Theatre

Penny Arcade
(© Jasmine Hirst)
Penny Arcade
(© Jasmine Hirst)

Performance artist Penny Arcade will offer a greatest hits-style show, The Very Best of Penny Arcade, at the Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe on Sunday, May 1, 8, 15, and 22.

The piece includes selections from some of her most acclaimed works, including Bitch!Dyke!Faghag!Whore!, Old Queen, Bad Reputation, and New York Values.

Born Susana Carmen Ventura, Arcade debuted with John Vaccaro’s Playhouse of The Ridiculous at 17 years of age, and was a Warhol Factory superstar at 19. A book of her scripts, titled Bad Reputation last year by Semiotexte/MIT.

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