Madison Young Premieres ‘Reveal All Fear Nothing’ at SF Armory

SAN FRANCISCO—Performance artist, author and director Madison Young, known for her feminist take on hardcore erotica, offers an alternative to the usual Valentine’s Day fare with the world premiere of her new theater piece, Reveal All Fear Nothing: A Journey in Sex, Love, Porn and Feminism. Directed by Sophia La Paglia, the performance will take place February 12-14 at the San Francisco Armory.

Inside the Armory, which is home to Kink.com, a theater has been constructed in the building's Roman Bath set. The pop-up theater will seat 100 audience members each evening.

Reveal All Fear Nothing is a multimedia performance and experimental theater piece, written and performed by Madison Young and developed in collaboration with feminist artist Annie Sprinkle. The piece—a modern adaptation of Sprinkle’s theater piece Post Porn Modernist—and aims to crack wide open the underground worlds of BDSM, pornography and kink, all while demystifying and celebrating these often misunderstood and misrepresented communities and movements.

Young and Sprinkle have developed a modern-day version of Post Porn Modernist, which brings to life Young's own sexual journey into kink, pornography and feminism through fearless performance art. The graphic body-based performance art includes an anal fisting performance piece, blowjob ballet, and a climactic orgasmic ritual, which has been handed down from Sprinkle to Young.

"I'm so thrilled to be creating a theater space at the Armory for this world premiere, and with the help and guidance of my fairy art mother, Annie Sprinkle. It feels so right to be presenting this piece for the first time ever right here in San Francisco,” Young said. “Many of my sexual adventures, which I explore in Reveal All, started right here at the Armory and in San Francisco. This city, and this building, have played a huge part in my sexual evolution, and it seems only right to premiere this really intimate work in this epic building."

Academy Award winner Diablo Cody said of her work, "Young brings some universal truths to light." Actress and cultural commentator Margaret Cho described Young as "an incredible and singular force in the world of art ... her individualism, innovation, insight and innate intelligence ... is downright inspirational."

Reveal All Fear Nothing: A Journey in Sex, Love, Porn, and Feminism can be seen February 12–14 at the San Francisco Armory, 1800 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103. Tickets ($20-$106) may be purchased in advance at EventBrite.com. Doors open at 7 p.m.; the show will start promptly at 8 p.m. Attendees must be 21 and older.

Group ticket bundles of 10 tickets are available for $339. Following the performance, at 10 p.m., Young will host an intimate VIP experience, sponsored by Good Vibrations. Held at the Armory Club (1799 Mission St.), the VIP event includes a red carpet cocktail party, an intimate Q&A with Young, photo ops, and signings with Young. Those participating in the VIP experience will also receive a swag bag.

For more information on Reveal All Fear Nothing: A Journey in Sex, Love, Porn, and Feminism, visit RevealAllFearNothing.wordpress.com. The show may also be followed on Facebook.