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.

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. Zarlene Zonalzon, an NCE
Julia Weiss as Lt. Rita King, Ensign Spot

Sponsored by Overcast via the Chicago Podcast Coop

Direct download: IST220_Vesslemania.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 10:59pm CDT

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

 

Direct download: Irene_and_Hannah_Bonus.v1_.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 11:28am CDT

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 the Chicago Podcast Co-op.

 

Direct download: ISTEp219EverySingleDoorisBroken.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 11:22am CDT

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 as Dr. Zarlene Zonalzon, En. Operator

With special guest Eric Scull as Lt. Cmdr. Pecton Willis

This episode is brought to you by Overcast as part of the Chicago Podcast Co-op.

Direct download: IST218_Well_Always_Have_Parasites.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 7:57pm CDT

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. Ch'arles Lorem, Kyle Connor
Mary Cait Walthall as Dr. Zarlene Zonalzon
Julia Weiss as Lt. Spot, Carol Connor
with Special Appearance by
Matt Young as Captain Julius Valentine Baxter

"Yeah/Yeah(Don't Know Me Remix)" Composed by Nick Wagner

Sponsored by Overcast via The Chicago Podcast Coop.

Direct download: IST217_OhDoctorMyDoctor.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 11:42pm CDT

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 

 

Direct download: ISTMurderOnTheMurderExpress-MP3_for_Audio_Podcasting.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 8:55pm CDT

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

Direct download: ISTBonus_MakingofPart1.mp3
Category:extras -- posted at: 5:23pm CDT

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 Lorem, Gavin
Mary Cait Walthall as Dr. Zarlene Zonalzon, En. Operator, a shirt
Julia Weiss as Lt. Rita King, Ensign Spot, Michelln
Matt Young as Captain Julius Valentine Baxter, pants

Winner of "Best of the Fest" for the GenreThon

Video available at https://youtu.be/xmWOtufiWqc

Direct download: IST215_TheNakedWhenever.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 3:44pm CDT

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 you're in Chicago, check out our final live performance as part of Otherworld Theatre's Genre-Thon. Get your tickets here.

And thanks for taking the voyage with us.

Direct download: ISTBonus_AllGoodThings_20190819.mp3
Category:extras -- posted at: 6:00am CDT

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!

Direct download: ISTBonus-YouthinkthisaGame-20190814.mp3
Category:extras -- posted at: 4:14pm CDT