D'Arcy Drollinger Presents STAR TREK LIVE! MIRROR MIRROR

The Drag Kings are taking over the stage at Oasis in Star Trek Live! - D'Arcy Drollinger's send-up of the classic Star Trek episode, Mirror Mirror - Nov. 17- Dec. 10, 2016 - (Wed. & Thurs. 8 pm - Fri. & Sat. at 7:00 pm). This "only in San Francisco", gender-bending farce of one of America's most beloved Sci-fi TV shows plays as a Limited Engagement - only 14 performances - Nov. 18 - Dec. 10, 2016 - (Wed. & Thurs. 8 pm - Fri. & Sat. at 7:00 pm). With a special preview Thurs. Nov. 17, 2016 at 7:00 pm special performance. (No performance Nov. 24) Oasis is located at 298 Eleventh St. (at Folsom St.), San Francisco, 94103 www.sfoasis.com

Performance dates for Star Trek Live!: "Mirror Mirror":
Nov. 18 - Dec. 10, 2016 - (Wed. & Thurs. 8 pm - Fri. & Sat. at 7:00 pm)
Nov. 17, Preview, 7:00 pm
Nov. 17, 18,18, 23, 25, 26, 30 (No performance Nov. 24)
Dec. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10

Tickets are available at www.sfoasis.com
$25 for general admission, $35 for premium seating,
$250 - Captain's Champagne Table - includes front row table (4 people), a bottle of champagne with 4 champagne flutes,

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 (Chekhov), Amber Sommerfeld (Spock), Ammo Eisu (Sulu), Zelda Koznofski (Bones), Emily McGowan (Scotty), and Persia (Marla McGivers). Costumes by Ruby Vixen. Set design by Sarah Phykitt, Lighting design by Leo Hidalgo. The show is directed by D'Arcy Drollinger and Erin-Kate Whitcomb.

Episode Synopses:

3823.7: Beamed up during an ion storm, which causes a transporter malfunction, the landing party of Kirk, McCoy, Scotty and Uhura find themselves in a mirror universe aboard a parallel Enterprise run by ruthless barbarians. The ion storm also caused their malicious counterparts to beam to the real starship. Kirk and the others must find a way home before they are discovered and exposed by their parallel crew members, who use treachery, back-stabbing and seduction to get what they want. This episode features the Vulcan Mind Meld.

Background Facts of the Star Trek TV show and the Mirror Mirror Episode:

On October 6, 1967, the original Star Trek series aired the classic episode "Mirror, Mirror." The episode is not only consistently ranked as one of the ten most popular episodes of the original series, but it also established a template for the evil duplicate in pop culture.

? Screenwriter Jerome Bixby loosely based the episode on his short story "One Way Street" published in the Dec. 1953/Jan. 1954 issue of Amazing Stories.

? In the original story treatment, Captain Kirk was the only one transported to the mirror universe. He had to fight and return to his home universe alone. He also suffered from an illness caused by the universe rejecting him, like a body rejecting a virus.

? We got to see Nichelle Nichol's navel in this episode, because a PA took the Standards representative out to lunch during filming.

? Actress Barbara Luna had strep throat, so they had to postpone shooting her love scenes with Shatner for three weeks.

? George Takei wears a red security uniform in this episode. That made him the first Trek actor to wear all three uniform colors. He wore blue as an astrophysicist in "Where No Man Has Gone Before," and normally wore gold in every other episode.

? This episode is the only time in Star Trek history that Scotty addresses Captain Kirk as "Jim."

? The episode was re-titled for various countries. In Germany, it was titled "A Parallel Universe." In Portugal, it was titled "The Mirror." In Spain, it was titled "Mirror, Little Mirror."

? Some little girls loved the Captain's woman of the mirror universe so much that they started a campaign to add a "Captain's woman" to the regular Star Trek series. The show responded by telling the girls to ask their parents what a "captain's woman" was.

? This is Vic Perrin's only on-screen appearance in the original series as Tharn, but his voice returned as Gorn in "Arena," Balok in "The Corbomite Maneuver," and Nomad in "The Changeling."

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.

Selected 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 theMidnight Sun called Mahogany Mondays. http://www.itshoney.com

D'Arcy Drollinger - (Director)
D'Arcy Drollinger's works include: "Disastrous!", "The Temple of Poon", "Shit & Champagne", "Above and Beyond the Valley of the Ultra Showgirls", "Mr. Irresistible", "Project: Lohan", "Scalpel!", "The Possession of Mrs. Jones", "Pink Elephants", "Suburbia 3000" and "The Cereal Killers". D'Arcy is co-owner and Artistic Director of OASIS. 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 produce and co-star the long-running hit stage adaptations of "Sex and the City" & "The Golden Girls". Drollinger is the creator of "SEXITUDE, the body-positive, age-positive, sex-positive dance experience based in San Francisco.

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