Next Stage Arts in Putney welcomes acclaimed comedian and storyteller Adam Strauss for a special two-night run, Friday and Saturday, October 17 and 18. Each night features a different solo performance, blending stand-up, true storytelling, and fearless honesty that has won Strauss praise from critics and audiences across the country.
Friday, October 17 – The Mushroom Cure
Showtime: 7:30 pm (doors open at 6:45)
Tickets: $22 advance / $25 at the door / $35 advance for both nights
Strauss’s breakthrough show, The Mushroom Cure, is the true story of how he attempted to treat his severe obsessive-compulsive disorder with psychedelics. It’s as outrageous as it is uplifting. The New York Times called it “mining a great deal of laughter from disabling pain.” The Chicago Tribune hailed it as “arrestingly honest and howlingly funny.” Michael Pollan praised it as “brilliant, hilarious, and moving.” Time Out New York named it a Critics’ Pick, calling it “a true-life tour de force.”
Saturday, October 18 – Before I Forget
Showtime: 7:30 pm (doors open at 6:45)
Tickets: $22 advance / $25 at the door / $35 advance for both nights
In Before I Forget, Strauss dives into memory, identity, and the challenge of making sense of life. From ancient Greece to artificial intelligence, Alzheimer’s to open relationships, Strauss takes audiences on a fast-paced, wildly inventive odyssey through the things we’d rather forget—and the things we can’t stop remembering. Equal parts hilarious and poignant, the show wrestles with the impossibility of “getting it right,” and what it means to be human. Warning: may contain mushrooms, existential dread, and trace amounts of hope.
About Adam Strauss
Strauss has been recognized with the New York Fringe Festival’s Overall Excellence Award for Solo Performance, San Francisco’s Eddy Award for Best Solo Show, and the Leffe Beer Craft Your Character Storytelling Competition. He performs regularly at top New York comedy clubs, while continuing to tour nationally with his unique blend of comedy and confession.
Both performances take place at Next Stage Arts, 15 Kimball Hill, Putney, VT. Tickets and more information are available at nextstagearts.org.
