Improvised Star Trek

Improvised Star Trek

For ten years Improvised Star Trek explored the final frontier of comedy by turning Star Trek into an improv office comedy. Taking suggestions submitted on Twitter and Facebook, the cast (featuring some of Chicago’s top improvisors) creates a fully improvised episode detailing the adventures of the USS Sisyphus, a less enterprising starship. New episodes are posted every other week. Improvised Star Trek is a fan production. Star Trek is property of CBS.

Episodes

July 6, 2020 3 mins

Join us at Otherworld Theatre's (virtual) GenreThon festival this Friday July 10th to hear one of our previously-unproduced episodes: The Measure of a Manatee! More info and (virtual) tickets at https://www.otherworldtheatre.org/genre-thon 

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How do comedies end?

Improvised on August 18, 2019 from a suggestion by Elliot M. Rauscher via Facebook

Edited by Chris Rathjen

Starring

Rayna Caskey as Security Chief Bobbie Intern, En. DumP'in'a'Bucket
Sean Kelley as Lt. Cdr. Crick Watson, Admiral Damocles, Lt. Doubtfire
Chris Rathjen as Cdr. Corbomite Hayes, Lt. Atlas, Admiral Edelweiss
Nick Wagner as Lt. Cdr. Ch'arles Lorem
Mary Cait Walthall as Dr. Zarlene Zo...

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November 21, 2019 20 mins

Part 3 of a conversation the cast of Improvised Star Trek had following the final episode of IST, recorded August 18, 2019

Featuring:
Rayna Caskey
Sean Kelley
Chris Rathjen
Nick Wagner
Mary Cait Walthall
Julia Weiss
Matt Young


Hear the last episode of IST with the cast at our live listening party November 22. RSVP here.

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November 20, 2019 19 mins

Will Lorem's rogue government cause Zarlene's early demise? Will Bobbie and Bronson ever reconcile? Find out in the thrilling conclusion!

Featuring

Eli Mandel as Rip Stipley

Sean Kelley as Lt. Crick Watson

Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch'arles Lorem

Chris Rathjen as Cmdr. Corbomite Hayes, Lt. Bronson

Rayna Caskey as Ensign Bobbie Intern

Mary Cait Walthall as Ensign Operator, Zarlene Zonalzon

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When it looks like Crick is moving up in the multiverse, the crew turns their eye to their bucket lists.

Improvised on August 11, 2019 from a suggestion by Kyle Schafer via Facebook.

Edited by Chris Rathjen

Starring

Rayna Caskey as En. Bobbi Intern
Sean Kelley as Lt. Cdr. Crick Watson
Chris Rathjen as Cdr. Corbomite Hayes
Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch'arles Lorem
Mary Cait Walthall as Dr. Zarlene Zonalzon
Julia Weiss as Lt. Rita King, En....

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November 10, 2019 19 mins

 

Part 2 of a conversation the cast of Improvised Star Trek had following the final episode of IST, recorded August 18, 2019

Featuring

Rayna Caskey
Sean Kelley
Chris Rathjen
Nick Wagner
Mary Cait Walthall
Julia Weiss
Matt Young

RSVP for our final episode listening party, Nov 22, here: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4425129

 

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Thumbed for an iffy prognosis, Lorem and Corbo peace out. Zarlene can't quite put her finger on a cause for the latest outbreak. Bobbi and Crick consult an index of away missions. Rip Stipley returns to the Sisyphus in time to lend a hand.

Improvised on August 4, 2019 from a suggestion by Cameron Witham via Twitter.

Edited by Eric Scull

Starring:

Rayna Caskey as En. Bobbi Intern, Engineer
Sean Kelley as Lt. Cdr. Crick Watson, Lt. C...

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October 31, 2019 30 mins

A collection of spooky, ooky, and downright kooky scenes from the USS Sisyphus.

* Rad Alert improvised May 5, 2019 from a suggestion by Wolfgang Deutsch
* Rise of Pancakes Johnson improvised August 18, 2019 from a suggestion by Chip Wood
*Corborobics improvised May 5th, 2019 from a suggestion by Laura  Illige Harvey
*Dog-boy, the Human-faced Dog improvised August 18, 2019 from asuggestion by Joe Redhead
*Don't Drink your Pee...Man...

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October 28, 2019 33 mins

Your favorite counselor wets their whistle.

Improvised Sunday Sept 15, 2019

Starring

Eleanor Hollingsworth as Lt. Rayvek
Joe Phillips as Japhy Whitman
with
Kimberly Kutt as Synthr01d

edited by Chris Rathjen

Sponsored by Backblaze via the Chicago Podcast Coop.

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October 19, 2019 7 mins

The Crew meets a down-on-its-luck Tribble, and does what they do best.

Plus, find details about how you can join the cast for the final episode of Improvised Star Trek.

Improvised on August 18, 2019 from many many suggestion by all of you. Thank you.

Edited by Chris Rathjen

Starring

Rayna Caskey as Security Chief Bobbi Intern
Sean Kelley as Lt. Cdr. Crick Watson
Chris Rathjen as Cdr. Corbomite Hayes, a Tribble-monger
Nick Wagner a...

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October 15, 2019 28 mins

The crew is seeing double when they attend Starfleets celebration of Space, Drinking, & Psychic Vessels. Chekov's pun does not go off.

Improvised April 7, 2019 from a suggestion by Chris Lane via Facebook

Edited by Roger Payton

Starring

Sean Kelley as Lt. Cdr. Crick Watson, USS Hood Officer
Chris Rathjen as Corbomite Hayes, Ticket Taker Twins
Nick Wagner as Ch'arles Lorem, Zarthur, an NCE, Twick & Twat
Mary Cait Walthall as Dr. Za...

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October 10, 2019 15 mins

Empress Lady Cola and her last remaining ensign, face big moral questions while tenuously surviving on an abandoned ship.

ALSO

Empress Lady Cola returns to a planet where she dropped a baby off, a few years ago, and tries to retrieve it.

AND Finally,

Irene Marquette and Hannah Parsons give a brief farewell.

Starring:

Irene Marquette as Empress Lady Cola

Hannah Parsons as Ensign Your Highness and Baby Lady

Edited by Hannah Parsons

 

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October 6, 2019 18 mins

When every single door on the ship is broken the crew must find ways to cope with their poopy situation.

Improvised July 21st, 2019 from a suggestion by @powerupemily via Twitter

Starring:

Chris Rathjen as Comdr. Corbomite Hayes

Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch’arles Lorem

Sean Kelley as Cmdr. Crick Watson

Julia Weiss as Lt. Rita King and Ensign Spot

Rayna Caskey as En. Bobbi Intern

Edited by Hannah Parsons

Sponsored by Overcast as part of th...

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October 1, 2019 43 mins

After visiting a jungle planet, a nearby Starfleet vessel turns up the heat for the Sisyphus crew. Meanwhile, Zarlene makes some difficult choices.

Improvised on July 28, 2019 from a suggestion by Jessica B. via Twitter

Edited by Eric Scull

Starring

Sean Kelley as Lt. Cmdr. Crick Watson, Lt. Carl, Cpt. Paul Rudd
Christopher Rathjen as Cmdr. Corbomite B. Hayes, En. DumpInaBucket
Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch'arles Lorem
Mary Cait Walthall a...

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September 23, 2019 28 mins

Dr. Zonalzon puts it all on the online, but when fame presents new problems, can she kiss-it-better? Lorem & Spot connect the dots.

Improvised January 13, 2019 from a suggestion by Kevin Hennessy via twitter. (With a brief scene borrowed from The Ship Explodes at the End suggested by @KanetheBoar)

Starring

Sean Kelley as Lt. Cdt. Crick Watson, Mr. Ernst.
Christopher Rathjen as Cdr. Corbomite Hayes, Lt. Bronson
Nick Wagner as Lt. C...

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September 16, 2019 21 mins

What will happen aboard the Murder Express? Murder. Probably murder. 

 

Featuring:

Matt Young as Captain Baxter, Leprechaun 

Julia Weiss as Lt. Rita King, Ensign Spot

Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch'arles Lorem, Mssr. LaPhlegm

Sean Kelly as Lt. Crick Watson, Jehovah the Butler

Eli Mandel as Rip Stipley

Rayna Caskey as Ensign Bobbi Intern

Chris Rathjen as Cmdr. Corbomite Hayes, Conductor 

 

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September 9, 2019 24 mins

Part 1 of a conversation the cast of Improvised Star Trek had following the final episode of IST, recorded August 18, 2019

 

Featuring

Rayna Caskey
Sean Kelley
Chris Rathjen
Nick Wagner
Mary Cait Walthall
Julia Weiss
Matt Young

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August 31, 2019 61 mins

Something funky is afoot when the clothes on the USS Sisyphus go missing.

Improvised in a live performance at GenreThon 2019 at the OtherWorld Theatre in Chicago, IL

Recorded August 24, 2019

Includes cast warmups - full episode begins at 15:00

Featuring

Rayna Caskey as Ensign Bobbi Intern
Dan Granta as Lt. DuFarge
Sean Kelley as Cmdr. Crick Watson, a shirt
Chris Rathjen as Cmdr. Corbomite Hayes, a shirt
Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch’arles ...

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August 19, 2019 2 mins

It's a special announcement from the cast of Improvised Star Trek.

Improvised Star Trek's first appeared as a live show on October 19, 2009, & was reborn as a podcast on April 10, 2011.

After a decade aboard the USS Sisyphus, and over 200 episodes, we're flying off into the sunset.

Keep listening for final episodes and behind-the-scenes material in coming months as we prepare to say goodbye to the finest ship in the fleet.

And if y...

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August 14, 2019 4 mins

You think this a bonus scene?

Improvised July 28, 2019 from a suggestion by Shawn Morgan via Facebook

Featuring

Chris Rathjen as Corbomite Hayes
Sean Kelley as Entity 1
Nick Wagner as Entity 2
Mary Cait Walthall as Entity 3


The News:

- See us Live as GenreThon!

- Check out The Experts podcast featuring Irene Marquette

-Thanks to new iTunes reviewers!

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