The House of St. Eve presents SEX CRIMES CABARET

SEX CRIMES navigates amazing but true sexual legislation,
taboos and history in a scintillating, multi-media cabaret.

L. Gabrielle Penabaz deftly binds you with
a kaleidoscopic exposé using her films, dance,
rock-n-roll, sex toys,and whatever comes to her
fishnet-twisted mind - and you don't get a safety word. 

QUOTES FROM PRESS AND OTHERS ABOUT SEX CRIMES:

BACKSTAGE MAGAZINE
LINK TO FULL ARTICLE HERE
" L. Gabrielle Penabaz manages what so many teachers and artists before her have failed to do: make sex education fun and funny, smart and scary, even a little bit sexy."
- Adam R. Perlman

EDGE NY MAGAZINE
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"Sex Crimes Cabaret is L. Gabrielle Penabaz sonic and visual take on tragic but true sexual legislation from the past and present. Penabaz combines the passionate thoroughness of an academic with the humorous and pointed commentary of a first-rate satirist. Helping to make the medicine go down? Plenty of song and dance!"
- Scott Stiffler

The Times-Picayune Newspaper, New Orleans, LA
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"I had the most fun at New Yorker Gabrielle Penabaz's multimedia "Sex Crimes Cabaret," in which she asks, "Are you, or could you be a sex criminal?" The answer is possibly, or even probably, "Yes!" thanks to the screwed-up laws on various states' books, born of hysteria and repression.
- David Cuthbert

The Gambit Weekly New Orleans, LA
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It’s said that nothing takes the fun out of sex like talking about it. I suppose by extension, litigating about it must be that much less pleasurable. Which isn’t to say that those laws aren’t kind of funny. That’s the point of L. Gabrielle Penabaz’s Sex Crimes Cabaret, which returns to New Orleans after a sold-out fall run in the New Orleans Fringe Festival. Penabaz details what you can and can’t do where (geographically and anatomically) and addresses other issues of taboo. The show is coupled with several other short pieces by local artists. The run is from Thursday to Saturday (9 p.m. March 12-14, plus a midnight show on Saturday) at Marigny Theatre.
- Will Coviello


ENGINE COLLISION FEST Los Angeles
"SUBVERTING THE CONDITION OF FAINT HEARTS, SEX CRIMES AGRESSIVELY DEFINES THE FLEETING NATURE OF SHOCK. Gabrielle Penabaz (SAINT EVE) IS A CHARMING GUIDE THROUGH THE TOPIC OF SOCIETY'S MOST QUALIFIABLE INFATUATION."
-BURKE ROBERTS - FOUNDER: BIZZURKE ARMY/ENGINE COLLISION FEST (His quote was submitted in all caps!)

NEW ORLEANS FRINGE FESTIVAL
"Be prepared to have your eyes tantalized, your belly laughing, your sexuality questioned and your mind seduced. This one woman show is way more than mere show. It's a trip unto itself.
Gabrielle St. Eve's Sex Crimes show draws you in like whispered secret and knocks you back like electro shock. It's the only way to go."
Lord David, SKULL CLUB-New Orleans, LA


THEATRE GOERS:

"Seeing the Sex Crimes Cabaret made me realize how new the sexual revolution is. It re-energized me to take a stand for my own right to my sexuality as a woman, and it made me want to encourage others to do the same. Who would have thought a woman with a skirt made of vibrators could have had such a positive impact on my life?"
-Kassie Olivera, of Salem Oregon

"It was a FANTASTIC performance, funny as hell, easy on the eyes and thoroughly enjoyable!
You guys who are going to go are in for a special treat. Everyone that misses this... shouldnt! Get yer asses a ticket and GO!"
Ken Kenagain NYC

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NOTES FROM THE ARTIST:

Sex Crimes is about taboos, beliefs and laws that govern sex and the inevitable human reaction. I combine stories, songs and little films to broach the smoky recesses of emotions, thoughts and the bodies that house them.

Sometimes the films are background. Sometimes I leave you to take it in while I change into something less comfortable. We will sift through some legislative gems and taste bizarre historical fruit. Lysol marketed as a douche in the 20's through the 40's? That sort of thing is just irresistible to me. Weird fact nuggets to chomp on. Consider me your hostess. BYOB (Bring your own brain).

love,
LGP

For more information about L. Gabrielle Penabaz or The House of St. Eve, visit TheSaintEve.com