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Star Trek blasts to the stage at Kennedy Space Center

By Patrick Luce Jun 11, 2010, 17:43 GMT

Star Trek Live - Kennedy set photo. @Photo provided by CBS Consumer Products and Mad Science Group.

CBS Consumer Products and Mad Science Productions are set to bring one of sci-fi’s most iconic franchises to the stage with arrival of Star Trek Live at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex – starting today, June 11, 2010. 

Star Trek Live will be presented five times a day at the facility’s 300-seat Astronaut Encounter Theater. The show will be open daily and is included with regular admission to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex – which is located just 45 minutes east of Orlando, Fla., and annually hosts more than 1.5 million guests from around the world.

The new live show is based on the hit series and promises to take the audience on an exhilarating 30-minute journey offering an unforgettable live theatrical experience for fans of all ages. The show is described as a combination of fun special effects, audience interaction and an exploration of real space-age technology.

Produced by Mad Science Productions, under a license from CBS Consumer Products, the new stage has the audience portraying new Starfleet cadets assembled for the first day at the Starfleet Academy led by its best and brightest. The new cadets will have to learn quickly the intricacies of living and working in space, modern space travel and the latest in communication and technology.  

In a press release, Mad Science Productions Managing Director and Star Trek Live Producer Leonard Lipes stated: “Star Trek Live could not have found a better home for its world debut. Based on the storyline and the fiction-to-reality show concept, both NASA and the Visitor Complex were clearly our first choice of partners for this co-branding opportunity allowing visitors to follow in the footsteps of Star Trek’s iconic characters, to boldly go where no one has gone before.”

For more information about the live action show, call Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex at 321-449-4400 or visit www.KennedySpaceCenter.com or www.madscience.org/stageshows.