Vintage “Star Trek” episodes seem tailor-made for one particular genre of theater: melodrama. “I’m definitely a Trekkie,” Iron Springs Chateau co-owner and manager Jolene Howard said. “The old episodes are so campy and cheesy; they’re perfect for melodrama.
” And being that melodrama is also Howard’s favorite style of theater, it was only natural she’d use the sci-fi show to inspire her own script. “Star Quest ..
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. To Boldly Go Where No Joke Has Gone Before” opens Friday at the Manitou Springs chateau and runs through Oct. 1.
Dinner and show tickets are available. The melodrama, set on Star Date 2460.1, tracks the adventures of Captain Smirk and Mr.
Spork as they guide starship U.S.S.
Entertainment to the space station Trelane on the far edge of the galaxy. The day goes off-kilter when the crew is discovered missing. The starship fleet must solve the mystery and decipher what alien life lives nearby on Planet Na Noo Na Noo.
All this and they must avoid being trapped on the new planet lorded over by the evil Empress Buttercup. Starring in a melodrama is pure joy for Howard, who started performing in them in 2010. Iron Springs Chateau will mount “Star Quest.
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..To Boldly Go Where No Joke Has Gone Before” on Friday in Manitou Springs.
Courtesy Jolene Howard “It’s unlike any other kind of character,” said Howard, who’s also co-directing the show with her husband. They co-own the chateau along with another couple. “You can play with th.