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Starmites
Stuart Ross
Starmites Lite
by Stuart Ross, Barry Keating
Broadway
Highlights
One Act
90 mins Present Day Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Elaborate/High-Volume Costumes
Awards & Recognition
Tony Award
Nominee: Six 1989 Tony Awards, including Best Musical
Synopsis
This one-act version of Starmites has a playing time of approximately one hour and 25 minutes.
The original creators have adjusted the story line and musical numbers so that theatre beginners can participate in this wonderful show too.
The text has been streamlined and upgraded for maximum fun and clarity for today’s audiences, young and old.
This show is designed with students in mind – contemporary songs, funny dialogue, and real heart and soul to the story.
Also, a great “backstory” that can compete with the complexity of Harry Potter, Lord Of The Rings, Narnia, Star Wars and Star Trek all wrapped up in boy-band, girl-band musical language, simplified for kids.
The simplified harmonies will work for children with limited experience without tampering with the special charm of the Starmites score.
Dreaming her way into a comic book adventure in Innerspace, Eleanor saves the galaxy in this zingy rock musical.
It is Eleanor, Spacepunk, the Starmites and the lizard man against the evil Banshees (weird women with dangerous hairdos) led by Diva and Shak Graa.
Diva’s entrance song, “Hard to Be Diva,” is a guaranteed showstopper.
Every space-age possibility for lighthearted thrills is thoroughly exploited to delight fun-loving comic book fans.
Press Reviews
"Starmites is a great show for middle school-level kids. Shows appropriate for this age are difficult to come by. Starmites gave us the flexibility to have over 200 kids either in or involved in the show. We turned the whole school into Starmites. The kids loved the music and were able to perform it. The whole production was extremely successful."
— Pat Volkmer, Saxton Middle School, Patchogue, NY
"Starmites was very adaptable to our needs. There were so many fun things I could do creatively. We designed the set so it had ramps, and I had a great chase scene with the Banshees on roller skates and the Starmites on skateboards! I still have people coming up to me months after the show’s run, telling me how much they loved Starmites."
— Jerry O'Connor, Roncalli School
"Starmites is an utterly charming musical… You do not need to be a science fiction buff to enjoy Starmites. The only prerequisite is that you be, or once were, young… Starmites is about how people discover self-confidence and build self-esteem. It is also about individuals discovering the center of their beings so they can grasp what is important and what is superficial. In short, Starmites is a living cartoon about growing up that should appeal to children of all ages."
— The Sunday New York Times
"First there was Star Trek. Then there was Star Wars. Now… there is Starmites, which is certainly the mite-iest of the three intergalactic epics, a vest-pocket musical nebulae of cheerful nuttiness."
— The New York Times
"An unassuming futuristic rock musical, with sweet lessons about the awkwardness of growing up… It contains enough spoofs of the sci-fi genre to keep adults amused, and enough high-spirited music and action for all… brims with charm and wit."
— New York Newsday
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| ELEANOR FAIRCHILD A teenage girl who eventually becomes MILADY, Superhero of Innerspace. |
| ELEANOR’S MOTHER An unassuming woman who loves her daughter and anxiously awaits the day when she will grow out of her comic book craze. |
| SPACEPUNK The hero, captain of the Starmites and heartthrob of the universe. |
| S’UP S’UP SENSABOI The organized and methodical member of the group – he plays by the rules. |
| DIGGETY RAZZLEDAZZLE The bumbling show-off of the group. Openly expresses his feelings. |
| ACK ACK HACKERAX The group's tough guy. He is second in command. (You may cast as many extra Starmites as you choose.) |
| SHAK GRAA High Priest of Chaos, determined to destroy both Earth and Innerspace. |
| TRINKULUS A reptilian minstrel, once slave to Shak Graa, now serving as a guide to the Starmites. (Can double with SHAK GRAA.) |
| DIVA Imposing and powerful Queen of Innerspace. (Can double with MOTHER.) |
| BIZARBARA Awkward and shy daughter of Diva, possessed with a heart of gold and a yearning to be "normal and average." (Can double with ELEANOR.) |
| SHOTZI Diva's airhead sergeant at arms. (can double as ORAGALA) |
| HOLLABACK Delights in dominating the STARMITES. |
| CANIBELLE Delights in devouring the STARMITES. |
| MALIGNA Delights in teasing the STARMITES. (You may cast as many extra Banshees as you choose.) |
Publication
Starmites Lite is a play written by Stuart Ross and published by Concord Theatricals .
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