This required us to install sprinklers, bathrooms, and an entire new electrical system. We had to completely renovate the building to allow us to use it as a public venue. The biggest challenge (aside from surviving a global pandemic) was navigating the LADBS and obtaining our change of use. I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road? People’s everyday life tends to become ‘Groundhog Day’ so we wanted to create a space where people can play and experience an escape from reality while having this sense of nostalgia and familiarity. Inspiration for the concept came from parts of Beetlejuice, Interstellar, and Big Fish.
When guests wish to leave and go back to reality, they are instructed to find door #7 where they enjoy a final performance before being ushered into our motel gift shop. Guests can explore behind any numbered motel door and interact with the portal tourists (immersive theatre actors) as much or as little as desired. However, once guests are transported into Elsewhere via wormhole travel, the immersive experience becomes more “sandbox” – meaning guests choose their own adventure from that point. The immersive experience starts off with linear storytelling and performances.
Not to be confused with a functioning hospitality institution, pop-up experience or another “selfie-museum,” Elsewhere at the Madcap Motel is designed to take guests on a vacation from reality and rediscover the childlike wonder that exists in all of us. of hidden passageways and merge through different dimensions to uncover an interactive series of whimsical wonders. Through a series of seemingly normal 1960’s-themed motel rooms, guests explore 17,000 sq. Hi Paige, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.Įlsewhere at the Madcap Motel is a premier entertainment venue in Downtown Los Angeles that combines interactive oddities, art installations, theatrical performances, and magical acts for a 4-D, multi-sensory experience. Today we’d like to introduce you to Paige Solomon.
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