John has been a Star Trek fan since the Original Series was first broadcast in Britain almost thirty years ago. At University, he was part of a group who produced Cult TV Magazine -- a well-received fan publication. Since then, he's been active in British fandom and broadcast and written on the subject. He's currently a member of the USS Cromwell -- a Trek club based in the English midlands. John works as a broadcaster and newsreader for BBC Radio. Previously, he held every role from drive-time presenter to News Editor, Programme Controller and Station Manager at a number of commercial radio stations. An experienced journalist, John has reported from Bosnia and covered a number of high-profile court cases. He now lives in a 250-year old cottage in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire in northwest England. In his remaining spare time, he enjoys historical re-enactment (English Civil War and Napoleonic), Morris Dancing and playing the bagpipes. |
Keith
R. A. DeCandido So You Want to Write a Star Trek Story? Coming Soon in Star Trek Novels Star Trek Comic Books
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Michael
Forest Classic Trek Guest Stars Best known to Star Trek fans as Apollo in the Original Series episode "Who Mourns for Adonais," Michael was a rugged-looking addition to Roger and Gene Corman's list of leading men during their 1950s heyday. Between Corman films, he was a stage actor who worked in Shakespearean plays and other legitimate productions as classy as his real name (Gerald Michael Charlebois). Born in Harvey, North Dakota, he moved with his family at a very early age to Seattle, attended the University of Washington for a year and then made his way south to the sunnier campuses of San Jose State. Graduating with a B.A. in English and drama, Michael came to Hollywood in 1955 and started acting on TV and on stage at the Players Ring. In 1957, he began to study with veteran actor/acting teacher Jeff Corey, in whose classes Michael first encountered Roger Corman. Michael has also worked extensively on TV and European films. |
Chase
Masterson An Hour with Chase Masterson: Dabo Girl The Deep Space Nine Reunion Tour
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Dave
McConnell Star Trek FilkSing VII Dave has been active in fandom since 1968 and is Dragon*Con's Director of Filk Programming. He co-authored with Ken Kessler his first filksong, What Do You Do with a Drunken Hobbit?, in 1972. Dave was the rhythm guitar player for the all-filk band Timelines, which he founded in 1993 and who released an album, Timelines Takes Flight, in 1994. This is Dave's fifth filk performance on TrekTrak, having performed with Timelines at the very first TrekFilk in 1994, with Leslie Fish in 1997 and 1998 and headlining the TrekFilk solo in 1999. |
Robert
O'Reilly TrekTrak Presents: An Hour with Robert O'Reilly TrekTrak Theatre The 2000 Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant The Deep Space Nine Reunion Tour Robert's introduction to Star Trek was in the Next Generation episode entitled "Manhunt" in which he portrayed a gangster. He then successfully auditioned for the part of the Machiavellian Klingon leader Gowron for the episode "Reunion." Besides his many appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Gowron, Robert has participated in many Star Trek-related extracurricular activities, including a Decipher VCR Interactive Board game, lithographs sold nationwide on QVC, a sci-fi fantasy model, three action figures, a life-sized stand-up Gowron poster and most recently, starring in the CD-ROM Star Trek: Klingon, for which Robert won the Sci-Fi Universe Reader's Choice Universe Award for Best Achievement in Genre Multimedia. In this game, not only will Robert teach you how to be a Klingon, he also will teach you how to speak like one. Robert's stage work has spanned a broad spectrum, from Shakespeare (King Lear and Hamlet) and Sam Shepard (True West) to original plays (When the Bough Breaks) and the original production of The Grapes of Wrath. He is proud to have starred in the original productions of The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheit 451 (plays written by and based on the books by Ray Bradbury, who has since become a friend). Robert directed his play, Marsha Norman's Getting Out, in 1981 and was promptly nominated by the Los Angeles Drama Circle for Best Director of the Year, the most prestigious award given to a Los Angeles theater director. (Harold Pinter won for Sweeny Todd -- what the heck!) Since then, he has won or been nominated for every other major directing award the Los Angeles area has to offer. His original production of Generations by Dennis Clontz received National Honors as a runner-up to August Wilson's Piano Lesson for the best play produced outside of New York City. In spite of his busy schedule, Robert continues each year to direct one play and act in at least one theater production. He is a member and Artistic Advisor at the Colony Studio Theater Playhouse, a repertory company in Los Angeles that boasts a 90% subscription rate. Recently, he directed Mornings at Seven and acted in Fool for Love by Sam Shepard. Robert has appeared in over 100 films, made-for-TV movies and television episodes. His most recent projects include the soon-to-be released films Moonbase, in which he stars as the evil convict Stark, and Good Luck, starring Gregory Hines. He has also appeared in the The Mask, starring Jim Carrey, as well as ten other feature films. Mini-series and movie-of-the-week appearances include Desperado: Badlands Justice, World War III, From Here to Eternity and By the Dawn's Early Light. Television series include NYPD Blue and two seasons on In the Heat of the Night and Dark Justice. Other episodic television credits include such series as Murder, She Wrote (two appearances), Dallas (two appearances), Hunter, Falcon Crest, The Flash, Hill Street Blues, Max Headroom, The Equalizer, Sledgehammer, Paradise, Jake and the Fatman, MacGuyver and many more. Robert generally portrays villains or antagonists and is particularly expert in the use of a variety of dialects and accents. Robert resides with his wife in Los Angeles. During his infrequent times of rest and recreation, you may find him playing a round of golf, attending an enjoyable game of baseball or watching a good film or television show, particularly if it's set in the Trek universe. But perhaps you've heard the most recent rumor -- Robert's wife gave birth on January 1st at 12:01 a.m., 12:03 a.m. and 12:04 a.m. to Jack, Joseph and Michael, their sons. The rumor is true -- scratch the golf games for awhile! |
Wayne
Walls Ultimate Trek... or Ultimate Drek? Wayne has written for Vault magazine and contributed pieces to The Wild Hunt amateur press association. His past illustrious "Fan Boy" highlights include stomping John de Lancie in a Star Trek trivia contest, a costume contest as the Terminator in an ad campaign for WD-40 which he described as "less filling but tastes great," and, in more personal circles, his wedding, where he treated the guests to a showing of Return of the Jedi with his blushing bride in tow, still in the white dress. This is Wayne's third year on TrekTrak. Deborah Warner So You Want to Write a Star Trek Story? Star Trek: Voyager: The Verdict Deborah is the webmistress of NovaD.org, home of the Secret Logs of Mistress Janeway, a fanfiction web site featuring the erotic adventures of a certain starship captain who is a long way from home. Deborah appeared in Denise Crosby's 1999 documentary Trekkies and is the producer of a new series called The Privateers whose stars include Karl Urban (Caesar in Xena:Warrior Princess). |
Eric
L. Watts Court-Martial! Eric has been an avid Star Trek fan since 1977. He founded and was President of the United Federation of Trekkers, South Carolina's largest Star Trek fan club, from 1980 to 1988 and has been Dragon*Con's Director of Star Trek Programming since 1992. Eric has been a member of the amateur press association Imaginapa since 1980, including 11 years as its Central Mailer, from 1983-1988 and 1991-1997, and is a former member of the amateur press associations Apa Enterprise, Talking of Trek, GAPS, Atlapa and Dragon*Citings. He is also the Editor & Publisher of The New Moon Directory, an annual index to amateur press associations, and a member of both the Southern Bears and the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus (for which he is also web site administrator). Professionally, Eric holds Associate in Arts degrees in Visual Communications (1990) and Web Site Administration (1999) from the Art Institute of Atlanta and is a member of the Atlanta chapters of the Graphic Artists Guild and the American Institute of Graphic Arts, as well as the Creative Club of Atlanta and the HTML Writers Guild. Eric recently launched a secondary career in stand-up comedy, first performing in April at The Comedy House in Kennesaw, more recently at Eddie's Attic in Decatur and placing as a finalist in WB36's Late Nite Laff Off competition in May. |
Robert
Hewitt Wolfe An Hour with Robert Hewitt Wolfe The Deep Space Nine Reunion Tour Robert is a veteran of five years writing and producing Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is currently developing, writing and producing Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda for Tribune Entertainment and Fireworks Productions. Starring Kevin Sorbo, Andromeda began shooting in Vancouver in May and will premiere nationwide this fall. Robert is also writing the high tech thriller Zero Gee, in development at Sony for John Woo and Terrance Chang's production company, Lion Rock. Robert wrote the episode "A Fistful of Datas" for The Next Generation and, for Deep Space Nine, wrote or co-wrote the story and/or teleplay for "Q-Less," "The Passenger," "In the Hands of the Prophets," "Invasive Procedures," "Second Sight," "Shadowplay," "The Wire," "The Collaborator," "The Search, Part I," "The Search, Part II," "Second Skin," "Past Tense, Part I," "Past Tense, Part II," "Heart of Stone," "Prophet Motive," "Distant Voices," "Through the Looking Glass," "Family Business," "The Adversary," "The Way of the Warrior, Part I," "The Way of the Warrior, Part II," "Little Green Men," "Homefront," "Paradise Lost," "Bar Association," "Hard Time," "To the Death," "Broken Link," "Apocalypse Rising," "Trials and Tribble-ations," "Let He Who Is Without Sin...," "The Ascent," "In Purgatory's Shadow," "By Inferno's Light," "Ties of Blood and Water," "Blaze of Glory," "Call to Arms" and "Field of Fire." |
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