Team StarKid Announces STARSHIP in Chicago

Internet sensation Team StarKid proudly presents its first Chicago production, Starship, an original musical from the creative team behind the viral hit A Very Potter Musical, with original music and lyrics by Darren Criss of "Glee." Starship will be presented at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted, 3656 North Halsted in Chicago, for twelve performances only,
February 11 - 23, 2011. The official press opening is scheduled for Sunday, February 13 at 7:00 p.m.

Hailing from the University of Michigan, Team StarKid is a true Cinderella story for the modern age. In just over a year, StarKid has reached nearly 50 million views on YouTube and captured the attention of national media such as Entertainment Weekly, "Access Hollywood," "Entertainment Tonight," and MTV. Now based in Chicago, StarKid Productions remains committed to pioneering the internet as a new outlet for theatre distribution.

StarKid first invaded the internet in July 2009 with A Very Potter Musical - a fan-made parody that premiered on YouTube and immediately went viral.  Filmed during a live performance through University of Michigan's Basement Arts, the production was an instant hit with fans of the Harry Potter series (as well as the staff of Entertainment Weekly) and quickly garnered nearly 2 million views. In March 2010, StarKid's second production, the original musical Me and My Dick, blasted its way onto the Billboard charts, landing at #11 for "Original Cast Recording" - a first for a college production. The show not only solidified StarKid as a real player in comedy musicals, but also grabbed national attention from the likes of Billboard.com and blogger Perez Hilton. In May 2010, StarKid returned to Hogwarts with A Very Potter Sequel, receiving over 4,000 ticket requests for 400 available seats.  The production - which was named to Entertainment Weekly's "Must List" - premiered to packed houses with fans from across the country lining up hours before each show.

StarKid's first Chicago production, Starship, is a comedy musical set in the distant future on a far-off world inhabited by a race of giant alien insects. Starry-eyed dreamer "Bug" has never quite fit into bug-society, and inside the pus-vesicles that serve as his heart, he longs for something more. When his planet is visited by a starship of colonizing humans, "Bug" sets out on an adventure to find love and save the world - while reminding us all what it means to be human.Starship will be presented at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted, 3656 North Halsted, from Friday, February 11 to Wednesday, February 23 at 7:00 p.m. There will be no performance on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Tickets, priced at $25, are available online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

For more information about StarKid Productions or Starship please visit www.teamstarkid.com.
To view past productions, please visit www.youtube.com/user/starkidpotter.

StarKid Productions is committed to telling ambitious and relevant stories through original plays with a focus on organic artistic collaboration and use of the theatrical medium.  Formed at the University of Michigan in 2009, StarKid represents a collection of writers, directors, actors and designers dedicated to creating accessible, quality theatre. StarKid is pioneering the use of the internet as a new and innovative way to produce theatre and make it accessible to millions of people around the world.  The art of live performance blended with the accessibility and quality of HD filming has created a new world of distribution and opportunity for theatre.

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