Guide to the Hot Peaches Records

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Guide to the Hot Peaches Records

1950s-2014, undated

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/mss_420

Hot Peaches was a drag theater company founded in 1972 by writer and performer Jimmy Camicia. The group was known for their collaborative interactions with other drag performance groups and queer revolutionaries, including cast member Marsha P. Johnson. The group was based in New York City and performed shows regularly from the 1970s to the early 2000s not only in New York clubs, but also tours in Europe. Hot Peaches was often a platform for cast members’ self-expression, as well as a nurturing queer community. The Hot Peaches Records contain material connected to their performances including scripts; press clippings; show production work books; digital and analog performance recordings; cast and performance photographs; and promotional announcements and posters. This collection also contains personal material created by Jimmy Camicia including school ephemera, writings, and journals dating from the late 1950s to 2012.

23 linear feet in in 33 manuscript boxes, 3 record cartons, 1 cassette box, 1 card box, 1 small flat box, 1 oversized flat box,1 flat-file folder and items in 2 shared boxes; 96.55 Gigabytes in in 2,917 computer files; 62 videocassettes (vhs); 50 audiocassettes; 2 sound tape reels; 14 videocassettes (u-matic); 12 videoreels (1/2 inch)

eng, Latn

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Hot Peaches was a theater company working mostly in drag in New York City during the 1970s to the early 2000s. The company was founded by Jimmy Camicia in 1972, who befriended a group of drag queens in New York and was inspired to write shows for them to perform. Self-defined as as gay theater group, the Hot Peaches created shows that expressed the gay experience with a campy and political twist. Early shows were known for the castmembers' costumes, which often included vibrant, sparkling glam o...