Susana Cook Explained

Susana Cook is an Argentinean-born, New York City-based experimental performance artist who has been writing and producing original work for over 20 years.^{[1] [2]}

Cook began studying drama and performing in Argentina, before moving to New York City in 1993.

Works

• The Fury of the Gods (2010)
• The unPatriotic Act: Homeland Insecurities (2007)
• The Idiot King (2006)
• The Values Horror Show (2005)
• 100 Years of Attitude (2004)
• Dykenstein: Sex, Horror and the Tragedy of the Straight Brain (2003)
• Hamletango: Prince of Butches (2002)
• Spic for Export (2002)
• The Fraud (2001)
• Gross National Product (2000)
• Conga Guerilla Forest (1999)
• Hot Tamale (1999)
• We are Faking our National Orgasm (1999)
• Bitches are a Girl’s Best Friend (1998)
• Parable of the Sour (1998)
• Rats: The Fantasy of Extermination (1998)
• Butch Fashion Show in the Femme Auto Body Shop (1997)
• Post Colonial Butches: Post Patriarchal Femmes and other Blessings (1997)
• Gender Acts (1996)
• Tango Lesbiango (1996)
• The Service Economy Vaudeville (1996)
• The Title: A Parody of Opera, Angels and Tango (1994)
• Las Tres Américas (1992)

External links

• Susana Cook performance videos at the NYU Hemispheric Institute Digital Video Library
• Susana Cook website

Notes and References

1. Costa. Maria Dolores. Latina Lesbian Writers and Performers. Journal of Lesbian Studies. 25 Sep 2008. 7. 3. 5–27. 10.1300/J155v07n03_02. 24816051. 149030062 .
2. Goddard. Amy Jo. Staging Activism: New York City Performing Artists as Cultural Workers. Social Justice. 2007 . 34. 1. 97–116. 29768424.