On the occasion of the 90th birthday of Dario Fo, Nobel Prize in Literature, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Embassy of Italy, in partnership with the Ambassador Theater, present Johan Padan a la descoverta de le Americhe (Johan Padan and the Discovery of Americas), a theatrical performance by Dario Fo with Mario Pirovano, successful actor at an international level, storyteller, translator and interpreter of Dario Fo’s monologues.
The main character, Johan Padan, is a Venetian fugitive who escapes from the Spanish Inquisition by joining Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage to the Americas. He is a real figure, maybe his name is not exactly Johan Padan, but his actions are real: indeed they come from dozens of true stories told by the very men who lived them, the extras from the rank-and-file coming from all countries of Europe. All desperate people who do not count for anything in the official history of the discovery, but who arrived in the Indies, came in contact with the local people and found that they could count for something, or even a lot!
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LOCATION
Embassy of Italy
3000 Whitehaven Street NW
Washington, DC 20008