Notes from Geneva

"Best Before" opened Saturday night to a full house of very enthusiastic participants. Ellen has been approached on the tram with praise for her performance. Johanna, the fourth person to occupy Bob's chair, gave a flawless performance. The play here has taken on a more political overtone. Part of the play includes a speech from the sound booth urging the audience to vote against a ballot measure in the next election that would adversely affect people in the  arts, making it harder for them to qualify for unemployment insurance.

Geneva has a program that should be copied by other cities. When you check in to a hotel here, you are given a transit pass good for the length of your stay. We have been making use of the trams almost daily. They also have places where you can borrow a bike for free.

Now that "Best Before"is in Switzerland, we are using the seventh currency on these tours. Canadian and US dollars, Mexican pesos, Euros, British pounds, Danish Krone, and Swiss francs.

We just received word that the presentation of "Best Before" in Paris has been postponed from December, 2010 to March, 2011. The theatre where the play will appear is still under construction. So if you were planning to come to Paris for the show, don't book your tickets just yet.