Take a lighthearted ‘Tour Di Europe’
Adobe Theater to perform a trio of tourist stories
The Adobe Theater is inviting guests on a virtual “Tour Di Europe” for a lighthearted evening of online travel.
The show will stream at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14 at adobetheater.org. Tickets are $8 plus a service fee.
Written by Jules Tasca, the performance is comprised of a trio of stories about quirky American tourists.
“Venice: Souvenirs” features Rhonda Ware, Dan Ware and Antonio Trigo III. The couple in question travels to Italy and argue because she spends the entire trip shopping, while he just wants to see the city.
“Of course, they end up shopping anyway, which is so American,” director Nancy Sellin said.
“Paris: Escape” stars Eric John Werner, Yannig Morin, Sarah Kesselring and Hannah Davis. The play focuses on two men in a dead-end business who decide to fly to Paris for a fling.
In “Athens: Passion,” an elderly couple played by Georgia Athearn and Tim Reardon decide to commit suicide as an act of grand passion.
“They end up not doing it, of course,” Sellin said.
“It’s pure fun,” Sellin continued, “which I think we need in these times.”
Tasca is the author of more than 125 full-length and oneact plays produced everywhere from Los Angeles’ Mark Taper Forum to Pennsylvania’s Bucks County Playhouse, as well as internationally. He has taught playwriting at Oxford University and has performed with a commedia dell’arte group in central Italy.