Internet sensation Team StarKid will offer last-minute tickets for its SOLD OUT run of the new comedy musical Starship, playing at the Hoover-Leppen Theatre at Center on Halsted, 3656 North Halsted, February 11 - 23, 2011. Last-minute tickets, priced at $25, will be announced on a
day-by-day basis via the Team StarKid Twitter: @teamstarkid or twitter.com/teamstarkid. Purchase instructions will be posted at Noon on days with last-minute ticket availability only.
Starship marks the Chicago debut of internet sensation Team StarKid (the creative team behind the
viral hit A Very Potter Musical) and boasts an all-star cast of StarKid veterans, puppets by Russ Walko, and original music and lyrics by Darren Criss of "Glee." The was written and directed by Matt Lang, alongside co-writers Nick Lang, Brian Holden, and Joe Walker. Regular tickets for all twelve
performances of Starship sold out in less than one week.
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 over 56 million views on YouTube and captured the attention of national media such as Entertainment Weekly, "Access Hollywood," "Entertainment Tonight," and MTV, and even charted on Billboard at #11 for "Original Cast Recording" - a first for a college production. Now based in Chicago, StarKid Productions remains committed to pioneering the internet as a new outlet for theatre distribution.
About StarKid Productions
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.
Performance Schedule and Pricing for Starship
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. Regular tickets are currently SOLD OUT. Last-minute tickets,
priced at $25, will be announced on a day-by-day basis via the Team StarKid Twitter: @teamstarkid or twitter.com/teamstarkid. Purchase instructions will be posted at Noon on days with availability only.
For more information about StarKid Productions or Starship please visit www.teamstarkid.com.
To view past productions, please visit www.youtube.com/user/starkidpotter.
Photo Credit: Chris Dzombak
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