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The Cosmic Laugh: Comedy on Psychedelics: Adam Strauss
Mendocino Arts Center Welcomes Comedian
Adam Strauss for Mendocino Mushroom Month
Two performances celebrate November’s mushroom festivities with comedy about psychedelics, OCD, and the search for a cure
MENDOCINO, Calif. - The Mendocino Arts Center is bringing acclaimed performer Adam Strauss to the Mendocino Coast to help celebrate November as Mendocino Mushroom Month. Strauss will perform twice, once at the Arts Center and once at Matheson Hall.
On Thursday, November 12, at 5:00 PM, Strauss will take the stage at the Mendocino Arts Center with ‘The Cosmic Laugh: Comedy on Psychedelics’, a comedic performance about microdosing.
Weaving comedy, personal narrative, and cultural observation, The Cosmic Laugh is an evolving performance about psychedelic experience, mental health, and the tension between vulnerability and self-protection. Moving through fragmentation, integration, and the ongoing attempt to make sense of it all, Adam Strauss explores what happens when profound cosmic insight collides with the realization that you still have to pay rent.
Michael Pollan has called Adam's work “brilliant, hilarious and moving,” while The New York Times says he "mines a great deal of laughter from disabling pain.”
(NOTE - This is not the Mushroom Cure Performance)
Event Details:
• The Cosmic Laugh: Comedy on Psychedelics - Thursday, November 12, 5:00PM, Mendocino Arts Center. Free w Donation
• More about Adam Strauss: themushroomcure.com
The Mushroom Cure: Adam Strauss
Mendocino Arts Center Welcomes Comedian
Adam Strauss for Mendocino Mushroom Month
Two performances celebrate November’s mushroom festivities with comedy about psychedelics, OCD, and the search for a cure
MENDOCINO, Calif. - The Mendocino Arts Center is bringing acclaimed performer Adam Strauss to the Mendocino Coast to help celebrate November as Mendocino Mushroom Month. Strauss will perform twice, once at the Arts Center and once at Matheson Hall.
On Sunday, November 15, at 7:00 PM, he will perform his solo show ‘The Mushroom Cure’ at Matheson Hall.
Strauss is best known for The Mushroom Cure, the solo show he wrote and performs about one man’s quest to cure his obsessive-compulsive disorder with psychedelics. The show has played coast to coast and at international venues. It won the Overall Excellence Award at the New York International Fringe Festival and Best Solo Show at the Eddy Awards for Bay Area Theater. Author Michael Pollan has called it “brilliant, hilarious, and moving.”
The show was developed and directed by Jonathan Libman.
Event Details:
• The Mushroom Cure - Sunday, November 15, 7:00 PM, Matheson Hall,
45096 Cahto St, Mendocino, CA 95460 (Corner of Cahto Street and Ford Street, on the Mendocino High School campus)
• More about Adam Strauss: themushroomcure.com