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.

Duplicity abounds aboard the Sisyphus as the performance reviews roll in. 

Starring:

Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch'arles Lorem

Rich Alfonso as Lt. Darius Mercury, Snip Snipley

Matt Young as Captain Baxter, Lt. Greg

Eli Mandel as Rip Stipley, Lt. Jeremy Swanson

Rayna Caskey as Ensign Bobbi Intern

Sean Kelley as Lt. Cmdr. Crick Watson

Chris Rathjen as Cmdr. Corbomite Hayes, Lt. Bronson

Direct download: IST192_ThisShipAintBigEnoughForTheTwoOfMe.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 5:19pm CDT

When a planet with a dying atmosphere needs saving, Crick has a plan. Also Bobbi has a plan. And Lorem has plan. And Lt. Mercury has a plan. It's a plan rich day.

Improvised on February 15, 2018 from a suggestion by Cameron Witham (@blockpastmaple) via twitter

Starring

Rich Alfonso as Lt. Mercury
Rayna Caskey as En. Bobbi Intern
Sean Kelley as Lt. Cdr. Crick Watson
Eli Mandel as Acting Security Chief Rip Stipley
Christopher Rathjen as Cdr. Corbomite Hayes
Nick Wagner as Ch'arles Lorem
Matt Young as Cpt. Julius V. Baxter

Sponsored by Overcast and the Chicago Podcast Coop

Direct download: IST191_6000Degrees.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 9:53pm CDT

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Starring

Mary Cait Walthall as Derkter Zerlern Zernerner
Julia Weiss as Lerternern Reter Kerng

Improvised June 24, 2018 from a suggestion by Tyson Thorp via Facebook.

Edited by Chris Rathjen

News:

Matt Young (Captain Baxter) has appeared on the 15 Minutes With Lincoln podcast

Eric Scull (Producer) has a new podcast HR Unconfidential

Mary Cait Walthall has a Go Fund Me for her training at London's Embodies Poetics School

We're a year behind on thanking people for iTunes reviews! Sorry, we really appreciate it everyone!

Direct download: ISTBonus122_LerstinSperce.mp3
Category:extras -- posted at: 6:35pm CDT

During a spacewalk, Dr. Zonalzon is abducted by inspirational space entities and is forced to reassess her love life and goats… I mean goals!

Improvised on May 20th 2018 from a suggestion by Robert Boileau via Twitter

Starring:

Chris Rathjen as Comdr. Corbomite Hayes, GOAT

Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch’arles Lorem, T'ripp, GOAT

Eli Mandel as Acting Security Chief Rip Stiply, GOAT

Mary Cait Walthall as Zarlene Zonalzon

Julia Weiss as Lt. Rita King, Ensign Spot, GOAT

And Special Guest Dan Granata as an unnamed ensign, inspirational space entity aka GOAT and Lt. Defarge.

Edited by Hannah Parsons

Sponsored by Overcast as part of the Chicago Podcast Co-op

 

Direct download: IST190TheDoctorisin...Space.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 2:31pm CDT

Doug has an A********. Good Business; Good Starfleet.

Improvised on May 6, 2018 from a suggestion by Justin Lipsitz via Facebook

Starring
Rayna Caskey as En. Bobbi Intern, Doug
Sean Kelley as Lt.Cdr. Crick Watson
Chris Rathjen as Cdr. Corbomite Hayes, Old Doug
Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch’arles Lorem
Mary Cait Walthall as En. Operator, Dr. Zarlene Zonalzon, Doug
Julia Weiss as Lt. Rita King, Doug, Bennigans Waitress, TGID Waitress, a child
Matt Young as Cpt. Julius Valentine Baxter, Doug, En. Terwilliger, Lt. Greg

Edited by Chris Rathjen

Sponsored by Overcast as part of the Chicago Podcast Co-op

Direct download: IST189_IslandofDougs.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 11:39am CDT

On board a shuttlecraft returning from an astrometrics conference, the crew spends time getting to know one another better. Until it seems that a nearby star is following them...

This episode was improvised on November 26, 2017 from a suggestion by TehBorg (@strtrk1701) on Twitter.

Edited by Eric Scull

Starring:

Rayna Caskey as En. Bobbi Intern
Sean Kelley as Lt. Cdr. Crick Watson
Eli Mandel as Acting Security Chief Rip Stipley
Christopher Rathjen as Cdr. Corbomite Hayes
Nick Wagner as Admiral C. Hayes
Matt Young as Cpt. Julius V. Baxter

This episode is sponsored by Overcast via the Chicago Podcast Co-Op.

Direct download: Ep_188_The_Hollow_Star.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 12:17am CDT

In this flashback to the early days of their relationship, Rip and Zarlene boldy balance career, romance, and veneral civilizations.

Improvised August 6, 2017 from a suggestion by Duke DeRiven via Facebook.

Featuring
Eli Mandel as Acting Security Chief Rip Stiply
Mary Cait Walthall as Dr. Zarlene Zonalzon
Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch'arles Lorem
Matt Young as Captain Julius Valentine Baxter

edited by Chris Rathjen

News:

Come see us onstage June 2 at the opening of Juggernaut Film Festival with their guest of honor Gates McFadden, aka Dr. Beverly Crusher!

Thanks to everyone who came out and saw us at C2E2!

Direct download: ISTBonus_20180521_Juggernaut.mp3
Category:extras -- posted at: 10:26am CDT

The inexorable march of time catches up to Lt. DeFarge and En. Bobbi, while Corbomite, Lorem, and Rip recapture the lost feelings of youth.

 

Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch'arles Lorem

Dan Granata as DeFarge

Chris Rathjen as Cmdr. Corbomite Hayes, Dr. F'geaux

Rayna Caskey as Ensign Bobbi

Eli Mandel as Jeremy Swanson, Lt. Rip Stipley

Direct download: IST187ScoopYeHydrogenWhileYeMay.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 7:18pm CDT

Crick Wines, Dines, and Brings Onlines.

Improvised on October 21, 2017 from a suggestion by Michael Greenhut via Facebook

Sponsored by Overcast, a member of the Chicago Podcast Coop

Direct download: IST186_MyDinnerWithAndroids.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 2:47pm CDT

When Zarlene gets bored and develops prank candy that melts in your mouth not someone else's mouth, the side effects harden into literal statues of her fears. Meanwhile, a very important ambassador is on board and the man Zarlene “secretly” loves tortures a stranger who, it may turn out, is pranking the ship the hardest!

 

Improvised September 24th, 2017 from a suggestion by Robert Fontenot via Facebook

 

Edited by Hannah Parsons

 

Featuring

Matt Young as Captain Baxter and Lt. Greg

Chris Rathjen as Comdr. Corbomite Hayes

Nick Wagner as Lt. Ch’arles Lorem

Sean Kelley as Cmdr. Crick Watson

Eli Mandel as Acting Security Chief Rip Stiply

Mary Cait Walthall as Zarlene Zonalzon

Julia Weiss as Lt. Rita King and Ambassador Gladys

And Special Guest Hannah Parsons as the tortured prize winner.

 

Sponsored by Overcast

Direct download: ISTEp185MeltsinYourMouthnotSomeoneElsesMouth.mp3
Category:episode -- posted at: 12:43pm CDT