STAR TREK LIVE: MUDD'S WOMEN Returns Tonight at Oasis

After a completely sold-out run in October 2015, STAR TREK LIVE! will return tonight, January 6, through January 23, 2016 for twelve additional performances at Oasis. Critics and audience raved, people came back many times and the Drag Kings and the Trekkies lived in harmony.

The Drag Kings (and Drag Queens) rule the stage at Oasis in Star Trek Live! Brought to you by the producers of stage adaptations including such shows as Sex And The City Live! and Facts Of Life Live! comes a reinterpretation of the classic Star Trek episode, Mudd's Women.

The cast features many of San Francisco's preeminent drag performers, including Leigh Crow, the world's only female William Shatner impersonator as Captain Kirk, and Honey Mahogany from RuPaul's Drag Race as Uhura. The cast also includes Laurie Bushman (Harry Mudd), Amber Sommerfeld (Spock), Ammo Eisu (Sulu), Zelda Koznofski (Bones), Emily France (Scotty). The stellar line-up cast as Mudd's Women include: Jef Valentine, Persia and Jordan L'Moore. Costumes by Amie Sarazan.

The show is directed by D'Arcy Drollinger and Laurie Bushman.

Tickets available at sfoasis.com/event.cfm?id=156444&cart (21 & over). $25 for general admission, $35 for premium seating (close up), $200 - Vulcan Champagne Table - includes front row table (4 people), a bottle of Moet Chandon with 4 champagne flutes, $500 - Captain's Champagne Table - includes front row center table (4 people), a bottle of Vueve Clicquot champagne (4 champagne flutes) & a meet & greet with the cast post-show.

Performances play Jan. 6 - 23, 2016 (Thurs. Fri. & Sat. -7:00 pm). This "only in San Francisco", gender-bending farce of one of America's most beloved TV shows plays as a Limited Engagement only. Oasis is located at 298 Eleventh St. (at Folsom St.), in SF, 94103. For more information, visit www.sfoasis.com. For more about the show, go to www.sfoasispress.com/startrek.

Episode Synopses - STARDATE 1329.1: The Federation Starship USS Enterprise, under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, rescues a con man named Harry Mudd who is trafficking in mail-order brides and is damaged in the process. The 3 women, accompanying Mudd, have such an unusual effect on the male crew members, distracting them from their duties, that even McCoy and Scotty are charmed. Mudd also proves to be a smuggler and counterfeiter. In addition, the women's beauty is artificial as well, as he has been giving the bevy of beautiful babes the illegal "Venus drug", to make them more erotic and alluring. When the starship Enterprise stops at the mining planet Rigel 12 for replacement power crystals, Mudd covertly offers the women to the miners in exchange for his own freedom. Captain Kirk is compelled to allow the deal to proceed because his ship's orbit will decay without the crystals. The miners discover the deception but decide that wives who can cook & sew will make more suitable companions than stunningly beautiful sexpots anyway. Captain Kirk takes Mudd back for trial.

The Star Trek TV series was produced 1966-67 by Desilu Productions, and by Paramount Television 1968-69. Star Trek aired on NBC from Sept. 8, 1966 to June 3, 1969. Star Trek?' s Nielsen ratings while on NBC were low, and the network canceled it after three seasons and 79 episodes. Nevertheless, the show had a major influence on popular culture and it became a cult classic in broadcast syndication during the 1970s. The show eventually spawned a franchise, consisting of 5 additional TV series, 12 films, numerous books, games, toys, and is now considered one of the most popular science fiction TV shows of all time.

BIOS:

Leigh Crow - (Captain Kirk,)

Leigh has been a Trekkie for longer than she can remember. She began her performing career in 1989 debuting her ground breaking Drag King act, Elvis Herselvis. As Hersevis, she toured the world and elsewhere during the '90s. Leigh also fronts the bubblegum preservation band the Whoa Nellies as well as the process American country band Velvetta. Veteran of literally hundreds of drag, rock and counter culture performances, she is pleased to do her first show here at Oasis. She was last seen as Captain Kirk in the closing credits of the hit 2014 documentary by Jennifer Kroot "To Be Takei".

Honey Mahogany (Uhura)

Honey Mahogany gained worldwide fame as a cast member on Season 5 of the reality TV cult phenomenon RuPaul's Drag Race. Honey's recent work includes her debut EP "Honey Love", appearances on HBO's "Looking", and a role in the upcoming film "Hush Up Sweet Charlotte". Honey performs all over San Francisco, and hosts her own show and RuPaul's Drag Race viewing party every Monday night in the Castro at the Midnight Sun called Mahogany Mondays. http://www.itshoney.com

D'Arcy Drollinger - (director)

D'Arcy Drollinger's works include: "The Temple of Poon", "Shit & Champagne", "Mr. Irresistible", "Project: Lohan", "Scalpel!", "The Possession of Mrs. Jones", "Pink Elephants", "Above and Beyond the Valley of the Ultra Showgirls", "Suburbia 3000" and "The Cereal Killers". D'Arcy is co-owner and Artistic Director of OASIS, San Francisco's newest nightclub / cabaret. He has also worked as an actor, producer, director and choreographer. Other credits include: "The Producers" (first Broadway production), "Hairspray the Musical" (first Broadway production), "Glamour, Glory and Gold" (La Mama), and VH1's "Divas 2000" featuring RuPaul. He continues to direct and co-star in the long-running hit stage adaptation of "Sex and the City Live". Drollinger is the creator of "Sexitude", the body-positive, age-positive, sex-positive dance experience based in San Francisco.

Laurie Bushman - (Harry Mudd & director)

Laurie Bushman first staged "Mudd's Women", playing the role of Harcourt Fenton Mudd, in 2005 for Theater Tableau Vivant. Since then she has become a teacher at Children's After School Arts, teaching elementary school kids Cabaret and Performance Skills. Highlights have included roles in the live staged versions of "Three's Company", "The Golden Girls", and "Designing Women" - as well as the musicals "Scalpel!" at Brava and "Falsettos" at Theater Rhinoceros. For many years Laurie has hosted the Sing Along movies at the Castro Theater.

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