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More Live Star Trek: “This Side Of Paradise” in Seattle Park + “Who Killed Captain Kirk” at DC Fringe July 14, 2011

by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: Conventions/Events/Attractions, TOS , trackback

A couple of weeks ago TrekMovie reported on live and improv Star Trek shows this summer around the country, but we missed a couple so today we update with news on shows in Washington DC and Seattle, WA, along with summarizing the other summer shows.

 

MORE LIVE TREK

Weekends from July 23 – August 7 – Seattle, WA
"This Side of Paradise" in the park

Hello Earth Productions – Blanche Lavizzo Park Amphitheater – weekends of July 23-24, July 30-31, and August 6-7 (Sat: 7 PM, Sun: 2pm)

Hello Earth Productions is doing their second “Outdoor Star Trek” performance this year with the classic episode "This Side of Paradise." Hello Earth has a gender-bending take on casting with Kris Hambrick as Captain James T. Kirk, Helen Parson as Mr. Spock. The show will also feature live music and it is free and open to the public.

You can learn more www.helloearthproductions.org or on Twitter @hello_earth.

July 16,17, 20, 22nd – Washington DC  –
Who Killed Captain Kirk?

Capital Fringe Festival – Jul 16th 2:45 pm, Jul 17th 9 pm, Jul 20th 10 pm, Jul 22nd 8:15 pm

ClassiqueNouveau’s Who Killed Captain Kirk? seeks to answer this question in a stage play that combines Star Trek fandom with murder mystery hijinks. Who Killed Captain Kirk? is a raucous comedy that takes place at a Star Trek convention.

More info at www.classiquenouveau.org.

 

PREVIOUSLY REPORTED LIVE EVENTS

If you missed it, here are other live Star Trek shows for the summer.

Fridays & Saturdays in July – Portland, OR
USS Improvise: The Musical

The Unscriptables Theater – July 15 & 16 (8pm)

Improvised musical episodes based the original Star Trek with costumes, music and sound effects. See your favorite characters as you have never seen them before. Want to see Captain Kirk sing a love duet with an alien princess or Scotty sing a song about the joys of transporter travel?

Saturdays in July & August – Minneapolis, MN
Star Trek: The Next Improvisation

Huge Theater – July 23, 30 – August 6, 13, 20, 27 (8:00 PM)

Saturdays at 8 PM, the crew sets off on a brand-new improvised voyage through the universe of Star Trek: TNG. The same crew and new adventures each week! More details at official Facebook Page.

Saturdays & Sundays in July  – Portland, OR
Trek in the Park "Mirror, Mirror"

Atomic Arts – Woodland Park – July 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31 (5:00 PM)

Portland’s Atomic Art’s Theater Group returns with their live performances of Star Trek episodes held at Woodland Park. This year they will be doing "Mirror, Mirror."  (see report on last weekend’s performance). More info at the official site.  

Did we miss a live Star Trek improv or stage show in your home town? Let us know via tips@trekmovie.com.

 

Comments»

1. rm10019 - July 14, 2011

A lot of fun.

2. Joe - July 14, 2011

I just love how Star Trek is getting a lot of attention.

3. rm10019 - July 15, 2011

Interesting phaser in the Who Killed Captain Kirk header. Sort of a ST III/TOS combo thing…

4. gump - July 15, 2011

I’m a lifelong Trek fan, but some of this is just a little strange.

5. Lord John of Izar - July 15, 2011

Lesbians in the park!

(I think I’ll pass)

6. FACTCHECKER - July 15, 2011

Agreed #5 – I’ll pass as well….I’d prefer to watch 60s masculine Kirk kick a$$ and take names any day of the week than some kind of John Waters version.

7. Sarah - July 15, 2011

Star Trek is getting a lot of good attention, but sometimes anything needs a “dial-down”. Musicals?

8. Let Them Eat Plomeek Soup - July 15, 2011

Why do all of these things happen everywhere except where I live? Trek fans seem to avoid California for some reason…

9. Red Dead Ryan - July 15, 2011

#8.

That’s funny, because everybody else complains about the “Star Trek Exhibit” hardly ever leaving California… ;-)

10. MJ - July 15, 2011

BTW, Rick Berman killed Captain Kirk, with William Shatner collecting the paycheck…cha-ching!

11. MJ - July 16, 2011

@9. Yea, for years all those ST exhibits were here in California and we made jokes about it. I guess “Let Them East Plomeek Soup” must have just recently moved here?

12. MJ - July 16, 2011

@5 “Lesbians in the park! (I think I’ll pass)”

Unless they are really hot ones, holding hands and wearing halter tops! ;-)

13. Jack - July 16, 2011

4-7. way to show the idic, guys.

14. Amorican - July 16, 2011

Obviously lesbian trekkies are obviously lesbians.

15. Keachick (rose pinenut) - July 18, 2011

It is known that in Shakespeare’s time, females were not allowed to appear on stage at all so all the female roles were played by young boys before they broke their voices or by male castrates. I don’t know when women and girls were allowed to play themselves but it was a while later. So I guess everyone was going to see a lot of “gay boys” playing Hamlet etc? Wrong – they were watching a play where all the characters (male and female) were played by males.

And people here seem to be bothered by girls playing the parts of Kirk and Spock. What makes you think that these females are lesbians anyway? Beyond stupid!

16. Let Them Eat Plomeek Soup - July 19, 2011

@11:

No, I’m just new to this stuff, that’s all. Actually, I’ve been here for a really long time.


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