Be the first to "discover" who Starbase Indy's next guest will be! Also, star badges, delicious food supporting the Starbase, and more!
We are so excited to announce our next guest, Mary Chieffo! She plays Klingon Commander L’Rell on Star Trek: Discovery – a strong, smart warrior struggling to reunify the Klingon Empire.. Throughout the two seasons, she has proven herself to be a versatile and magnetizing actress, who humanizes L’Rell’s experiences in the Federation-Klingon War.
Mary is a Juliard graduate with an extensive background in theatrical work. Her previous roles include Macbeth in an all-female production by Erica Schmidt; Iago in an all-female production ofOthello for the Harlem Shakespeare Festival; and the one-woman show, Lover, Beloved: An Evening with Carson McCullers.
In film, Chieffo appeared opposite Academy Award-winner Octavia Spencer and Frances Fisher in The Perfect Fit directed by her mom Beth Grant and winner of the Audience Award at the SoHo International Film Festival and Best Ensemble Award at Women's Independent Film Festival.
She is a self-described feminist and, as such, is working toward greater intersectional gender equality in front and behind the scenes in the entertainment industry. To that end, Mary is currently producing, writing, and starring in a feminist, gender, and color conscious Shakespeare adaptation alongside Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions.
Other current projects include starring as Jane in the upcoming webseries Digital Detox- a futuristic rendering of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story The Yellow Wallpaper.
Mary is also fast becoming a convention fan-favorite owing to her sense of humor and love of the community. She has a strong online presence so look to the Starbase Indy Facebook page for videos, retweets and shares of Mary’s social media.
STAR Badges are BACK!
Looking for the VIP experience at Starbase Indy? Looking for a package that includes not only your weekend badge, but premium seating and a better chance of getting the Dinner with the Stars table you really want? Love limited edition swag? The STAR Badge is for you!
STAR Badges include:
a weekend badge
A Dinner with the Stars ticket at the table of your choice*
A signature and photo op with your Dinner with the Stars celebrity
An upgraded physical badge
Reserved front-row seating in the main stage area.
For the Dinner with the Stars ticket, we email each STAR badge holder in the order in which their ticket was purchased to ask them who they want to sit with (once the whole line up is announced, usually we do this in August), and ask where they want to sit. Each year we've done this, at least one table has sold completely out with the STAR badge ticket holders, before the rest of the tickets are released to the public, so if you want to sit with one of our higher profile guests this increases your odds significantly.
STAR badges are on sale now. The sooner you pick yours up, the earlier you get to pick your DWTS table, so don't wait!
Supper with the Starbase
We're pleased to announce another opportunity to support your favorite Starbase by eating out. Portillos will host our next fundraiser on May 30th. Bring a copy of this image or show it on your phone when you order, and The Starbase will get 20% of the proceeds from your delicious dinner
As always, our core staff tend to show up at these events, so you'll have a chance to talk to them and ask your questions (and maybe even get a little inside scoop about things we haven't actually announced yet. Maybe...)
Our friends over at Indy PopCon have had some exciting announcements lately. Don't forget that if you buy your badge for Indy PopCon through THIS LINK, they'll send part of the proceeds to support you favorite Starbase.
