| Outdoor Trek Sat., August 8, 2015 |
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Theater/Performance
Free
No sendup, no camp—Outdoor Trek plays this Star Trek script (Theodore Sturgeon's "Amok Time") affectionately straight, though there are plenty of laughs to be had in the genius way they adapt it for al fresco performance on a shoestring budget. ("Wsht. Wsht." the cast members mutter every time they mime walking through one of the Enterprise's automatic sliding doors.) The casting is not so much cross-gender as ignore-gender, and Helen Parson as Spock relishes one of the character's juiciest roles—this is the episode where he gets the seven-year itch and has to return to Vulcan to mate—and she rants and rampages intensely in addition to having fun with Spock's archetypal unperturbability. (I do wish, though, that Paul Unwin had really committed to the role of Nurse Chapel and donned a miniskirt.) Other impressive acting subtleties include Patrick Hogan's high-strung-ness as Bones and the smooth ultra-competence of Uhura; Stephanie Morris plays her as cool as an ice panther from Rigel XII. 7 p.m. Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. Ends Aug. 9.
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