On Aging into Power

Penny Arcade (aka Susana Ventura) is a text-based theatre- and performance-maker based in New York City. She debuted at eighteen in John Vaccaro's Playhouse of the Ridiculous and was an Andy Warhol superstar featured in the film Women In Revolt. She is also a poet and essayist. Since 1999, the video project she co-helms with long-time collaborator Steve Zehentner, The Lower East Side Biography Project, has broadcast and streamed weekly: www.facebook.com/thelowereastsidebiographyproject.