CREW
Oasis Arts Presents
STAR TREK LIVE! “THE WAY TO EDEN”
Adapted and Directed by Sean Owens
Stage Management by Charlie Levy
Lights and Sound by Nic Candito
Board Operator Aaron Mills
Costumes by Ruby Vixen
Wigs by Becky Motorlodge
Music Direction by Paige Turner
Prop Design by Derek Spreckelmeyer
Production Manager Maxx Kurzunski
Video by Richard Neveu
Specialty Video by Pseuda
Dance Captain: Landyn Endo
Sevrin’s Ear Prosthetics: Flynn DeMarco
Produced by Snaxx
Oasis Artistic Director D'Arcy Drollinger
Meet The Cast
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Leigh Crow (Captain Kirk)
Leigh Crow is a gender-bending cabaret singer who gained notoriety as the world’s first female Elvis Impersonator, Elvis Herselvis. Her 30-year performance career includes Drag shows, independent films, stage musicals, rock bands, music videos, documentaries, and performance art of every kind. Mx. Crow has portrayed among others William Shatner, John Travolta , Jack Nicholson, Eydie Gorme, and Liz Taylor.
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VERA! (Spock)
VERA! is the Bay Area's drag grandpa and best friend, father of the House of Pack with 33 children and a dozen grandchildren. They are the co-host of the Rebel Kings of Oakland, Creative Director and Performer Liaison of Drag Story Hour Bay Area, and board member of Oaklash, the Bay Area Drag Festival.
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Zelda Koznofski (MCCOY / TONGO RAD)
Zelda Koznofski is a singer/composer/actor. Zelda records and releases original music as well as scores for original film, web and stage productions with band Gelb Rot Blau, such as Shit and Champagne and Hot Trash, records bizarre pop mashups at the whim of SF Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger, and performs live at Oasis in drag parodies and musicals. Favorite roles include Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in Star Trek Live (this will be her 6th year!), Giles in Buffy Live: Once More With Feeling, Judy Garland in Tuck'n' Roll Players' Club Inferno, and pretty much any part in San Francisco Pride Band’s Dance Along Nutcracker productions. Visit Zelda's archive at zeldakoznofski.com.
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Fontana Butterfield (SCOTTY)
Fontana Butterfield is an actor, improviser, and solo performer. Bay Area roles include: “All’s Well That Ends Well” at Theater Rhino, "A Good Neighbor" at Z Space, "Thrush and the Woodpecker" at Custom Made, for which she won a BACC award, "One Man, Two Guvnors" at Berkeley Rep and South Coast Rep, "Sweet Bird of Youth" at Tides Theatre. As a company member of Shotgun Players for a decade. and she played roles in "King Lear," "Three Musketeers," and more. Her improv trio, "The Right Now," has toured nationwide. Her solo show "Flower Child," stories of a hippy childhood, directed by her wife of 20 years, Mary Guzmán, recently premiered at The Marsh Theater in San Francisco. Fontana is a native San Franciscan, and yes, it is her real name.
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Chester Vanderbox (Chekov)
Chester Vanderbox is a San Francisco based Drag King who is sometimes called, the Showtunes King. Chester first performed at Oasis during the clubs first version of Star Trek Live back in 2015. Since then he has performed at clubs and events around the Bay Area including the Rebel Kings of Oakland, Monster Show, Polly's Follies, and many more. You can find him regularly at Fancypants, quarterly at Oasis. He also runs and hosts Crooners, a monthly live-sing cabaret show at Stookey's Club Moderne.
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Bettyie Jayne (Uhura)
Bettyie Jayne is a rising star here in San Fransisco. She started drag 5 years ago in Los Angeles Ca, under the guidance of her drag mother Hershii Liquor Jete. She officially moved to the Bay Area one year ago to star as Hilary Banks in the Oasis production of The Fresh Prince of Bell Air LIVE. As well as Drunk Drag Disney as Ariel. She’s a singer, drag queen and all around performer. She also founded and co-runs a none profit called “The Conversation” that encourages members of the LBQTGIA+ community to speak to one another in a safe space.
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Polly Amber Ross (Sevrin)
Polly Amber Ross (she/they) is a transfemme fatale, mother of the House of Ross, horror movie fanatic, and host of multiple shows in San Francisco. She’s a garment designer, producer, activist, actress, and comedienne whose work usually focuses on subverting toxic pop-culture with an intersectional feminist twist.
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Laurie Bushman (ADAM)
Laurie Bushman teaches acting and performance skills at Children’s After School Arts (CASA). At CASA she has directed hundreds of children in CASA’s yearly original musicals, most proudly including the production, “City Not For Sale” that was later featured on the This American Life segment “Not Our Town”.
As an actor, highlights have included a variety of roles in many staged versions of “Star Trek Live”, “Three’s Company Live”, and “The Golden Girls Live”– as well as the musicals “Scalpel!” at Brava and “Falsettos” at Theater Rhinoceros.
Laurie has hosted Sing Along movies at the Castro Theater and other venues for many years. The very beginning (and her personal favorite) was “Sing Along Sound of Music” at The Castro when she had the privilege of working with Charmian Carr (Liesl). Since then, she has hosted many Disney favorites, as well as “Grease!”, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, “Victor/Victoria”, and more."
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Redd FaFilth (Irina)
The Bay Area's Gothiccc Non-Binary Sensation, Redd FaFilth! This drag Kaiju is known for their nerdy pop-culture references, killer makeup looks, and monstrous attitude. You can catch them hosting WHORROR every First Wednesday with Polly Amber Ross at the legendary SF Powerhouse.
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Paige Turner (Mavig)
She strips. She sings. And she strokes ... the keys! Paige Turner is San Francisco's drag triple threat. This showgirl goddess embodies the underground mystique of the roaring '20s with the glitz and glam of Old Hollywood. In this show, she's your sexy space siren and trusted music director.