MiscHeathen / NoGators Throwback: My review of Sam Shepard’s “La Turista” at Atomic Cafe, May, 1999

This ran in the now defunct Houston’s Other. It’s a wild artifact to consider, but I’m posting it here and now because Wayne noted the play itself was TWENTY SEVEN YEARS AGO, and that seems impossible. Time, man. It’ll get ya. (also, n.b. that my snark about Marie & Bruce eventually led to a rather deep relationship with IBP. Life’s funny.) — DATE: 5/14/99 Play: La Turista by Sam Shepard at the Atomic Cafe Directed by Wayne Wilden The Atomic Cafe continues to please me, and not just because there’s an Elvis shrine in the ladies’ room. No, really; my date assures me it’s quite a sight. Last Friday night, my companion and I found ourselves tempted by good TexMex and bizarre theater in the warehouse district once again. This time around, the resident company tackles Sam Shepard’s La Turista, under the direction of Atomic Cafe proprietor Wayne Wilden. This almost surreal piece centers on a couple (Salem and Kent, played by Cafe regulars Michelle Edwards and Daniel Treadway) gone walkabout…