Hell in a Handbag

Hell in a Handbag — Dynasty Handbag

“Pure genius.” — Paul Reubens

• Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
• Time: 7–8:15 PM
• Venue: EMPAC Theater
• Price: $5 general / FREE w/ RPI ID

Queer performance artist Jibz Cameron, best known for her multimedia alter ego Dynasty Handbag, comes to EMPAC for an evening of performance and readings from her memoir, Hell in a Handbag.

The book traces Cameron’s perspective from a childhood spent with hippie clowns in Northern California, through making morbid zines as a teenager in the East Bay punk scene, to encounters with misogyny in New York City’s avant-garde theater scene. Frank and funny, Cameron writes candidly about addiction, mental illness, her mother’s suicide, and the experiences that eventually gave rise to Dynasty Handbag and her commentary on contemporary life.

For the performance, both Jibz Cameron and Dynasty Handbag appear onstage, telling the story of these intimately intertwined halves of one artist.

Go down the Dynasty Handbag rabbit hole. One night isn’t enough — Jibz Cameron’s memoir, Hell in a Handbag, takes the story considerably further.

Before the show, explore 25 years of performances, videos, photographs, and other evidence from Cameron's life before and after Dynasty Handbag.

“Hilarious and extraordinarily original.” — Paper Magazine

Image credit: Jibz Cameron / Dynasty Handbag, Hell in a Handbag, 2026. Courtesy of REDCAT. Photo: Rolando Rodriguez.