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Doug Motel in the News

Comedy that makes you think
Ulster County resident Doug Motel brings his one-man show to Unison

Since when does comedy make you go 'Hmmm?' When it's in the hands of actor, comedian, storyteller and award-winning playwright Doug Motel.

The Ulster County resident will expound on his views on life, and some of the humorous, touching and inspiring experiences of his time in show business and as an eyewitness to some of America's defining moments - such as the L.A. riots and the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 - with a special local performance of his one-man show, "StarDUST, Adventures in Consciousness."

Motel will perform at the Unison Arts and Learning Center, 68 Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz, on Saturday, July 26, at 8 p.m. All profits go to the Lederman Children's Center, a community based learning center in Stone Ridge. Motel's two-year old daughter, Maitreya, is a student there.

Motel offers up a hilarious version of what is known as "conscious comedy." Yeah, he makes you laugh. But he also makes you think.

"I never set out to write something that I think will be 'motivational,'" Motel said in an interview. "I just try to write the kind of stories that I would find exciting, and for me that is usually something that makes me leave the theater with a feeling of expansiveness. If I invest my evening with an artist, I want to leave them remembering my true values and being uplifted by that."

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Conscious Comedy

Doug Motel has done stand-up in Times Square and Los Angeles, been a bit player in the movies and may be best-known in some circles as a villain in the live-action pilot for The Tick. But today, he has landed in Rosendale, Ulster County, and has an 1870s farmhouse to contain his wife, "singer/ritualist/cultural events programmer" (as she is billed in the press release) Carrie Wykoff, his two-year-old daughter Maitreya and himself. Motel will be doing a fundraiser performance of his new one-man show, starDUST: Adventures in Consciousness at Unison in New Paltz on July 26. READ MORE

One-man show, lots to think about

On July 26 at 8 p.m., theatre-loving audiences at the Unison Arts Center in New Paltz will be treated to an evening of true-life tales by an award-winning show business veteran who is presenting a brand new one-person show. Actor and playwright Doug Motel, whose two-year old daughter attends Lederman Children's Center (LCC) in Stone Ridge, will perform his new show, "StarDUST (Adventures in Consciousness)." All proceeds from the performance of will go to LCC, a nonprofit, community-based school for children ages 18 months through 5 years. READ MORE

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