Pussy, King of the Pirates

A punk operetta starring Kathleen Hanna, Alice Bag, Adele Bertei and Anna Joy Springer.

Pussy, King of the Pirates, the punk operetta, features a group of girls dreaming of a buried treasure and becoming pirates as they escape oppressive social structures and conventional femininity. 

Written by Kathy Acker and The Mekons as both a novel and a musical album, it was performed only once shortly before Acker’s death in 1997. The operetta evokes a revolution on stage, unleashing the visceral power of live punk with fearless experimental theater to create a transgressive, provocative, genre-obliterating experience. Starring Kathleen Hanna, Alice Bag, Adele Bertei and Anna Joy Springer.

Support provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Endowment Fund.