Start Trekkin'
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| Theater | The Hideout Theatre |
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| Cast | Various |
| Crew | Various |
| Initial Run | Unknown |
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Start Trekkin' was an improvised longform narrative show inspired by the original Star Trek television series.
History
Start Trekkin' was an early mainstage show at The Hideout Theater, and one of the first "improvised <blank>" formats in Austin. It had six mainstage runs and a performance at a Las Vegas Star Trek convention, before running as half of The Sci-Fi Comedy Double Feature in early 2011.
The people involved in Start Trekkin' refer to their runs as "seasons".
Season six ran at The Highball; all other seasons ran at The Hideout Theatre.
Season Dates
- Season 1: May 15-29, 2004
- Season 2: Apr-May 2005
- Season 3: unknown
- Season 4: Sep-Nov 2007
- Season 5: Sep-Nov 2008
- Season 6: Nov 28 and Dec 5, 2010
- Season 7: Jan-Feb 2011
Star Trek Convention
In August 2005, the season 2 Start Trekkin' cast was invited to perform at the official Star Trek convention in Las Vegas. They performed twice in the convention's main hall to audiences of up to 1,000 people each.
Casts
David Lampe is the only improvisor to appear in all seven seasons of the show.
Season 1
This list is incomplete
- Sean Hill
- Andy Crouch
- Tim Giradot (Musical improviser)
Season 2
- Andy Crouch
- David Lampe
- Jay Michael
- Kacey Samiee
- Shana Merlin
- Kevin Miller
- Troy Miller
- Ben Sterling
- Tim Giradot (Musical improviser)
Season 3
This list is incomplete
- Andy Crouch
- David Lampe
- Jay Michael
- Jordan T. Maxwell
- Kacey Samiee
- Shana Merlin
- Kevin Miller
- Troy Miller
- Ben Sterling
Season 4
Unknown.
Season 5
- Aden Kirschner
- Andy Crouch
- Audrey Rachel Sansom
- Chris Allen
- Courtney Hopkin
- Dario Konjicija
- David Lampe
- Jay Michael
- Jon Clinkenbeard
- Justin Davis
- Kacey Samiee
- Michael Brockman
- Sean Hill
- Topping Haggerty
Season 6
This list is incomplete.
Season 7
- Alex Dobrenko
- Andy Crouch
- Chris Allen
- Courtney Hopkin
- David Lampe
- Jay Michael
- Lauren Zinn
- Nicole Beckley
- Peter Rogers
- Ruby Willmann
- Sean Hill
- Steve Harwood
- Troy Miller
Media
- Video of the 4/23/05 performance from season 2.
- Video of the 5/28/05 performance from season 2.
- Video of 'episode seven' from season 2.
- Video of the 9/27/08 performance, in three parts: 1, 2, 3.
- Video of a scene from the 10/11/08 performance.
- Video of the 11/15/08 performance, in four parts: 1, 2, 3, 4.
- A photoset from season 5.
- Video of an audience-participation "Kobayashi Maru" scene from their performance in The 2009 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival.
- Promo videos for season six by Troy Miller: "Alien Love", "Fight", "Sacrifices", "The Landing Party" (version 1), and "The Landing Party" (version 2).
- A 2011 video compilation of Start Trekkin' fight scenes.
- A photoset by Peter Rogers of the 1/8/11 performance.
- A photoset by Steve Rogers of the 1/14/11 performance.
- A photoset from Steve Rogers, and another from Michael Yew, of the 3/8/12 Free Fringe performance, which included a Start Trekkin' adventure with an all-female cast.
