Penny Arcade (born Susana Ventura, July 15, 1950), is an American performance artist, actress, and playwright based in New York City.

Ventura's long association with avant-garde performance began at age 18, when she became a member of John Vaccaro's Playhouse of the Ridiculous. In 1968 she appeared in painter Larry Rivers film T.I.T.S. In 1969 she starred in the Jackie Curtis play Femme Fatale at La Mama Etc with Curtis and Mary Warnov, (Femme Fatale also featured the first stage appearances of Wayne County and Patti Smith) followed by a featured role in the Paul Morrisey / Andy Warhol film, Women in Revolt. In 1970 Arcade was featured in her first interview in Rags Magazine, an alternative fashion magazine.

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