Penny Arcade (Performer)

Susana Ventura (born July 5, 1950), better known by her stage name Penny Arcade, is an American performance artist, actress, and playwright based in New York City.Ventura's long association with avant-garde performance in New York began at age 17, when she performed with John Vaccaro's Playhouse of the Ridiculous, and appeared in the Jackie Curtis play Femme Fatale, followed by an appearance in the Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey movie Women in Revolt. She traveled Europe during the 1970s, and returned to New York in 1981, where she worked with many underground theatre artists including Jack Smith, Charles Ludlam and Hibiscus's Angels of Light. She was a friend of Quentin Crisp, and the two created a long-running performance/interview piece, The Last Will and Testament of Quentin Crisp.