StarDUST: Adventures in Consciousness June 2, 2010

Storyteller Doug Motel knows that life is full of hard knocks. When he was four years old, he fell off of a ladder and split his head open. But instead of just seeing stars, Doug saw the entire Universe: “I was floating above my body and looked down to see my mother putting pressure onto my loose bleeding scalp! Later, my room started spinning and spinning clockwise until the room, our apartment and the whole city disappeared and its place was a giant, breathing orb that spoke to me!”

Out of this mystical experience came a message that changed his life forever:
“The UniVerse is made of many notes, but it is only one song. All is one.”
An award-winning playwright and performer, "Doug Motel makes 'conscious comedy'. He makes me laugh and he makes me think," said best selling author Marianne Williamson. “StarDUST is about how we actually are the Universe, and that each of us does have the power to literally change the world with our thoughts and actions, we are already doing it everyday,” Motel says. The solo piece being presented at The Zephyr Theater in Los Angeles on the 2nd of June takes audiences on a roller coaster ride of laughter and tears, weaving personal adventures in the phone sex trade, a too-close-for-comfort eye witness account of 911 in lower Manhattan, a bizarre chance encounter with Mike Tyson, new discoveries in quantum physics and current events into a life-changing experience that leaves audiences enlivened and filled with hope for the future. Download an mp3 of audience reactions.

Doug's work is "At once uproariously funny and poignant," raves Sheri Linden of Daily Variety. Motel is the author of several critically acclaimed solo plays including MICK IN AMERICA, SHIVA ARMS (winner of the L.A. Weekly award for Best Solo Performance and winner of Theatre LA Ovation award for Best Writing of a World Premier play), MIND SALAD (L.A. Weekly award nomination for writing and performing) and PRAESTIGUM. See video of Doug developing StarDUST.

The Zephyr Theater is tucked between coffee shops and restaurants located at 7456 Melrose Ave. in Los Angeles. Tickets are $17. Performance time is 8:00 PM. For tickets go to www.DougMotel.com or call (415) 787-DOUG.

StarDUST’s running time is approximately 80 minutes without an intermission. Mature content not suitable for children under 13 years of age.

Official Website: http://www.DougMotel.com