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Scottie Pearson-Thompson

Bruno Pasquinelli

Sophia Brisbon

Ava Markhovsky

Michael Rayburn

William Shi

William McDonald

Projections by

Michelle Liang, June Tuberville,

and Coryell Smith

Lighting by

Daniel Lawson and Chancey Stefanos

Stage Manager

Leah Nutkis

Assistant Director

Henry Paolissi

Sound by

Gavin Bell, Naren Ram,

and Sophie Thomas-Dietrich

Props by

Esmir Mesic and Ria Subramanian

Directed by

Valerie Hauss-Smith

This production runs approximately 55 minutes, with no intermission.

Please, no texting, photos or video during the performance. 

Playwright’s notes:

Spaceships and Stardust started with a picture of the nebula NGC 2060, a picture meant to be a prompt for a 15-minute play. What started as a short, contained Star Trek spoof accidentally developed into a full-blown sci-fi world chock full of cheesy fight scenes, dramatic monologues, bad puns, and most importantly, space lesbians. This show isn’t my masterfully constructed brainchild, it’s more like my lovingly pieced together heartchild, a combination of a William Shatner era Star Trek episode, a rom-com about lesbians who can’t figure out how to ask each other out, and a retro video game with horrible graphics. I invite you to laugh at the bad jokes, fall in love with the quirky characters, and remember a time when Star Wars was the pinnacle of entertainment. - Caroline Sasso