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StarKid Productions, also known as Team StarKid, is an American musical theatre company founded in 2009 at the University of Michigan by Darren Criss, Brian Holden, Matt Lang, and Nick Lang. Originally known for the viral success of their first musical, A Very Potter Musical, a parody of the Harry Potter series, the troupe primarily produces musical comedies inspired by pop culture, with ...
StarKid has been creating musical comedies and uploading them to YouTube ever since. Over the last 15 years, StarKid has produced 13 full length musicals (including parodies of Disney, Star Wars, Batman, and The Oregon Trail), gone on national concert tours, had #1 albums on the Billboard Charts, performed sketch shows with The Second City in ...
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StarKid is made up of actors, writers, directors, composers, choreographers and designers, the majority of whom originated from the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theater and Dance. They met while collaborating on plays through Basement Arts, the university's student-run theater organisation. One such example of these plays is The Hobbit...
A Very Potter Musical
Performed at the University of Michigan, between April 9-11 2009, A Very Potter Musical was the debut musical of Team StarKid. Written by Brian Holden and Nick and Matt Lang with music and lyrics by Darren Criss and A.J. Holmes, A Very Potter Musical is a musical parody of the Harry Potter series. It starred Darren Criss in the title role alongside Bonnie Gruesen as Hermione Granger, Joey Richter as Ron Weasley, Jaime Lyn Beatty as Ginny Weasley, Joe Walker as Voldemort and Lauren Lopez as Dr...
Me and My Dick
Performed at the University of Michigan, between April 29-31 2009, Me and My Dick was the second and first original musical by Team StarKid. Written by Eric Kahn Gale and Nick and Matt Lang with music and lyrics by Darren Criss, A.J. Holmes and Carlos Valdes, Me and My Dick is a coming of age tale set in a world where people's genitals can talk. It starred Joey Richter as the character version of himself as well as Joe Walker as his Dick.
A Very Potter Sequel
Performed at the University of Michigan, between May 14-16, 2010, A Very Potter Sequel was the sequel to A Very Potter Musical. Written by Brian Holden and Nick and Matt Lang with music and lyrics by Darren Criss , A Very Potter Sequel is a musical parody of the Harry Potter series. It followed on from the original musical using time travel to travel back in time to Harry's first year at Hogwarts. It once again starred Darren Criss in the title role alongside Bonnie Gruesen as Hermione Grange...
Since its conception in 2009, StarKid has produced three national tours and two reunion concerts: 1. The SPACE Tour (2011)- StarKid's first North American concert tour with 21 stops in 15 cities. It featured Jaime Lyn Beatty, Brian Holden, Lauren Lopez, Joey Richter, Dylan Saunders, Meredith Stepien, and Joe Walker with guest appearances by Tyler B...
StarKid has created three original sketch comedy shows: 1. Airport for Birds- Performed between January–March 2013 in Chicago, IL. StarKid Productions teamed up with The Second City to produce their first sketch comedy show. The show was produced at the UP Comedy Club. 2. 1Night 2Last 3EVER-Performed between September–November 2013 in Chicago, IL. ...
Little White Lie
In 2007, members including Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Eric Kahn Gale, Brian Holden, Darren Criss, Lauren Lopez, Elona Finlay, Chris Allen, Meredith Stepien, and Jim Povolo produced an online video series called Little White Lie. It was released in 2009 on StarKid's YouTube channel. Despite the series ending in a cliffhanger, StarKid members have confirmed at various events that there will be no season 2, as it was an expensive production and the actors who took part in it are scattered all over th...
Movies, Musicals, and Me
In October 2017, StarKid debuted its second web series on YouTube, Movies, Musicals, and Me. The series takes place in an alternate world where every popular movie ever has been adapted into a Broadway musical. The best of these musicals all star the same man, Halpert Evans, a vain and pompous, though brilliant, actor. The series is structured as a mockumentary of Evans, chronicling the most significant musical roles of his career, along with commentary from various colleagues in Halpert's li...
Nightmare Time
Spawned as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nightmare Timeis a horror anthology series made as part of the Hatchetfield series. It features six stories read by the cast of The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals and Black Friday. Performances took place virtually on October 10, 17 and 24, 2020. The first episode was streamed and posted directly to YouTube with the final two episodes being available via digital ticket. The final two episodes were then uploaded to YouTube on February 14, 2021.
Following their return from the COVID-19 pandemic, StarKid launched SK Labs, an incubator for new ideas, new collaborators and new formats. Numerous projects were created under this umbrella.
Team StarKid originated as a student created theatre troupe originating from Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 2009 by theatre students at the University of Michigan. Since their first show, A Very Potter Musical, gained major traction online, StarKid Productions has created thirteen full length musicals all professionally recorded and uploaded to YouTube for free.
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