The Starborn

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The Starborn

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Years Active September 2013-Present
Cast
Crew
The Starborn Poster.
Poster promoting their return and first show as a dedicated troupe.
Threefer Run.
Poster promoting their February 2014 run of headlining shows in The Threefer.


The Starborn is a highly theatrical, audience-interactive improv show. Ryan and Mia play sibling aliens that "land" on the stage and mock the people of earth before the big invasion. Often times they will take humans at the end of the show as "pets", or misinterpret common customs and style to believe they are in the presence of James Bond or Batman. Audience members are frequently brought up on stage and integrated into the show.

History

It began as a Free Fringe show inspired by troupes like Super Mega Art Show and Butt Kapinski. The first iteration also involved theatricality, including costumes and the now signature "No Introduction" approach. The Starborn is never introduced as a troupe in a show's lineup, but is often announced as the fictional troupe "Ryan and Mia" and a power outage or landing is faked in place of "Ryan and Mia's" set.

Mia Iseman designed the costumes herself and made tweaks to the details to denote the different genders of the aliens.

Show Runs

In February of 2014 The Starborn headlined The Threefer at The Hideout Theatre.

Media

Videos

Press Blurb

The StarBorn is an audience-interactive, improvised alien invasion. The playful brother/sister alien twins (Mia Iseman & Ryan Austin) arrive from Kananite 12 to take over the planet and destroy all the humans! Earth will soon be theirs and there is nothing we can do to stop the imminent invasion!

But just before they blast us into particle dust, they want to get to know us a little bit. Play with our emotions and see up close the culture they've prepared to destroy for centuries. No seat is safe as they work their way into the audience and observe, misinterpret and often abduct anyone that strikes their fancy. Earth is doomed in the best possible way.

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