Upcoming Performances Overview

A Brief History (of my life in performance)
Keith performs a 2.5 hour series of actions.
POW POW festival
Oct 8-11, 2009
Climate Theater
285 9th St., SF (near Folsom)

Auf den Tisch by Meg Stuart
November 6-7, 2009
Keith performs with Meg Stuart hosted by Performa 09 at the Baryshnikov Studios. A gang of super talents from various genres and geographies talk and dance and instigate various engagements at, on and around a massive conference table.

Sustain! a BENEFIT for A QUEER 20TH ANNIVERSARY
December 6th, 2009
starts at 8pm
Cellspace, 2050 Bryant St, SF
Excellent performances, bloody art, dancing, drinks
$10, bring lots of cash or a checkbook for extra giving.
Featuring Kirk Read, Kathleen Hermesdorf, Fauxnique aka Monique Jenkinson, Kira Kirsch, matt:matt, Peggy L'eggs, Cohdi Harrell, Sean Feit & Emily Leap, Keith Hennessy & the cocksucker choir...
Blood silk screen & sewing project with Hana Erdman + Jack Davis...
Followed by hot dancing for all.
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Saliva, archive & context
December 9, 2009
7:30pm
CounterPULSE, 1310 Mission St., SF
Shaping SF artist series hosts Keith Hennessy remembering his AIDS-era
performance Saliva with discussion, video, and performance excerpts.
With special guests Kirk Read & Philip Huang to discuss gay men, queer performance, and AIDS, then & now.
Free

Saliva
December 13, 2009
8pm
Under a freeway south of Market, SF
Keith Hennessy restages the 20th anniversary version of Saliva.
Wtih Jeffree Alphonsus Mooney.
Don't wear nice shoes, dress for warmth.
$15-25 sliding
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TOO MUCH! A queer marathon
Jan 10, 2010
2pm-midnight
Mama Calizo's Voice Factory, 1519 Mission St., SF
A 10-hour marathon of queer(ed) performance.
Curated by Julie Phelps, Dwayne Calizo, Keith Hennessy.
Performances, videos, installations, dinner hour, a make-out room, and a
closing DJ set.
Confirmed performers include Jesse Hewitt, Laura Arrington, Maryann Brooks, Jorge Rodolfo de Hoyos, Keith Hennessy, Maria Francesca Scaroni, Baruch Porras-Hernandez, Queer Food for Love, Vivienne Forevermore & a gang of drag queens, and many many more...
$10, come and go as you please
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How To Die
Jan 15-17, 2010
8pm
Dance Mission, 3316 - 24th St, SF
Two performances by Keith Hennessy with Jules Beckman & Seth Eisen.
Homeless USA and American Tweaker - two linked visions of American despair.
With additional texts by Robert Olen Butler (Homeless) and Kirk Read (Tweaker).
Fri 1/15, pay what you want
Sat-Sun 1/16-17, $15-25, sliding scale
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Crotch (all the Joseph Beuys references in the world cannot...)
Solo performance by Keith Hennessy
January 29-31, 2010
8pm
Dance Mission, 3316 - 24th St, SF
Fri 1/29, pay what you want
Sat-Sun 1/30-31, $15-25, sliding scale
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