Tim Renshaw - Captain Paul Edwards

Tim Renshaw is the General Manager of WRGF 89.7 FM and GCTV Channel 19. He has been working at Greenfield-Central High School since 1997 where he built the TV and Radio stations. Tim began his radio career while he was still in high school by working weekends at WARU AM & FM in Peru, Indiana. A few months after graduating from Manchester High School he joined the U.S. Army and became a newspaper journalist and a radio / television specialist.

He served as a combat correspondent in Vietnam in 1971 and 1972. At the conclusion of his military “career” Tim went to work for WSMJ radio, which was located in Greenfield. Some of you may remember him as Jay W. Riley.

At the end of the KISS-99 Disco era Tim taught radio broadcasting at Warren Central for 5 years. Many of his former students have outstanding careers in the industry working at many of the top radio stations around the country, as well as CBS, CNN and even in Hollywood where one of his former students is the writer/producer/director of three major motions pictures as well as an ongoing TV series for the FOX Networks. Tim then worked in the commercial television field for 13 years… 10 ½ of those with Time/Warner as a programming manager and host of his own television shows, “Don’t Watch This Show”, “Community Focus” and “The Coffee Club” which ran for 987 hour-long episodes. Today, besides managing both of G-C’s stations he also teaches the “radio” portion of Greenfield’s Broadcast Communications course.

Tim has always considered himself an "original" Star Trek fan... having seen all of the episodes the first time they were aired! In the mid-70s he worked with Gene Roddenberry as the master of ceremonies for his mid-west lecture tour.

Currently, Tim's "hobby" project is the construction of a full sized shuttlecraft know as "EnoS III".





Stephen Perkins - Commander Darius Locke, Executive Officer

Stephen Perkins is an actor and singer from Knoxville, Tennessee. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Stephen began acting in middle school, playing leads in Christian Sunday School videos and bad 1-act murder mysteries.

After acting on and off throughout high school he attended Wabash College. There he spent 4 years as an on-air DJ at WNDY, the school's radio station. He also served as General Manager of the station for 2 years.

Stephen moved to Knoxville, Tennessee after college and has begun acting on stage again. Acting roles include Otis Baker in The Andersonville Trial and Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest. Singing roles include JB Biggley in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Roger Sherman in 1776.

Star Trek has been a major part of Stephen's life ever since he was a kid, falling asleep watching new episodes of Next Generation with his dad.

Patrick McCray (Co-Producer) - Lt. Commander Jack McGuire, Chief Engineer

A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Patrick gained the opportunity to work as a design assistant on the pilot for the hit TV series, Bablyon 5, and then later served as art department buyer for the beginning of that show's sophomore season.

In 1994, he left Babylon 5 to enter the MFA directing program at LSU, where he had the opportunity to study under Barry Kyle, lifetime Associate Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company of London and Stratford, as well as John Dennis, who served for eight years as the Artistic Director of the Resident Ensemble of the Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles.

Moonlighting as a film critic for a British web site, Patrick's comments on Duck Soup would later be cited by Roger Ebert in his column and book, The Great Movies. A drama coach in Knoxville, Tennessee, Patrick is now a director of over thirty plays, has been a professional Shakespearean actor, and his voice work in radio commercials has been heard throughout the Midwest.




Gabriel Diani - Lt. Commander Kyle Wilson, Chief Medical Officer

Gabriel Diani is an actor and comedian living in Los Angeles. He started his career in comedy at the age of fifteen when his mother would drive him to open mike nights and hour and a half away from their home. He has since played Spock in a live stage adaptation of the classic Star Trek episode "Spock's Brain" at the Improv comedy club, performed at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival with the sketch comedy group "Totally False People," and won rave reviews and a couple of awards for his one person show "God Complex." He has appeared in many independent films, including the feature "The Little Documentary That Couldn't," the science fiction short "Alliance," and the animated short "Superteam Manateam." He is currently studying classical theater at the Antaeus Theater Company and performs all over the country as one half of the comedy duo "Diani & Devine." His mother no longer drives him to his gigs.

Gabe used to watch Star Trek every night before dinner with his brother and still cries every time he sees Spock die in "Wrath of Khan." It's getting embarrassing...



Brian Bonner - Lt. Commander Thomas J. Plummer, Security Chief

Twenty-five year old actor Brian A. Bonner has been performing for over ten years. His first role was Tony Lumpkins in She Stoops To Conquer. Staying with the classics, Brian has performed several Shakespearean roles such as: Banquo in Macbeth, Froth/Barnerdine in Measure for Measure, Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night, and Aaron in Titus
Andronicus
. Musical roles include: Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors, Ken in Ain't Misbehavin, and C.C. in Dreamgirls.

Brian is very excited to be aboard the USS Montana and hopes the fans are appreciative of the crews efforts.



Scott Martineck - Lt. Stephen Knight, Communications Officer

Scott Martineck is an actor and singer from Knoxville, Tennessee. He has been performing on stage since the fifth grade. Recent roles include Michael Casio in Othello, an amalgamation of several minor roles in The Andersonville Trials, Paris in Romeo & Juliet, and Titus in Titus Andronicus.

Scott became immersed in The Next Generation during his formative years, absorbing the series, the films, and several books, including Peter David's Imzadi. His recent involvement with The Continuing Mission is re-igniting his youthful passion for all things Trek.





Etta Devine - Ensign Susan Palmer, Helmsman 

Etta Devine won early critical acclaim for her role as the Cap-Seller in her Montessori production of "Caps for Sale," and has since performed in over one hundred plays. She has studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and San Francisco State University. She is currently studying classical theater at the Antaeus Theater Company and comedy with the Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles. Etta is a regular vocal artist for the Tsunami Radio Theater and has performed at the San Francisco Sketch Comedy Festival, the LA Fest of Sketch, and the DC Comedy Festival as one half of the comedy duo "Diani & Devine".

Etta fell in love with Star Trek in 1987, when her parents finally got a TV, and has been a fan ever since.





Tomoko "Cookie" Leonard - Lt. Numi Natukov, Science Officer

Born and raised in Indiana, Cookie found her Star Trek calling through a radio class. In her spare time, she acts on stage and sings in her school's Madrigal choir. She is also part of the International Thespian Society, making her a member of an internationally recognized organization. While still being in school poses as a challenge for getting things done, she's
definitely up for the challenge.

Wish her luck as she hopes to end her last year of high school well and move onto college still ready and willing to learn.





Cheralyn Lambeth - The Montana's Computer Voice

Cheralyn is a professional costume, prop, and puppet builder who's technical credits include the films The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Net, The New World, and Evan Almighty. She also spent several years as Production Supervisor with Paramount Show Services, building costumes and props for such properties as the Star Trek Earth Tour, Titanic: The Movie on Tour, and Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton. Performance-wise, her stage and screen credits include the films The Patriot and Leatherheads, the Off-Broadway show Mambo Mouth with John Leguizamo, and the History Channel docudrama Isaac's Storm. She also keeps busy in fandom and can often be seen in various costumes and roles at conventions such as Shore Leave, StellarCon, and DragonCon.










Tom Cook - Admiral Shore

Tom Cook is a film production professor at Keene State College in Keene, NH, and a free-lance cinematographer. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Tom attended Purdue University as an undergraduate, double-majoring in English and Film Criticism before moving to Chicago where he worked as a role-playing games editor for a subsidiary of DC Comics (and where he became a Die-Hard Cubs fan – his only personal flaw to date).

Tom moved to Los Angeles in the late-eighties to attend graduate school at the University of Southern California, where he received an MFA in Film Production emphasizing cinematography. Following years of professional work in the film and television industry, including stints with FOX-TV, CBS-TV, the Bank of America, and the FBI. Tom moved to New Hampshire, where he now lives with his wife, Kelly, and sons Benjamin and Walter. His first dog upon married life was a Scottish Terrier cleverly named Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott; his latest Scottie (the family’s third) is Trip (get it?).

Besides teaching film and video production, Tom has a weekly movie review show on local radio station WKBK, and a weekly television movie review show on Monadnock region Cheshire TV. An avid reader, videogamer, and scuba diver, Tom’s high school radio station instructor and constant “phaser-on-overload-leaving” friend was none other than Captain Paul EdwardsTim Renshaw.









Lawrence Montaigne - Special Guest Star - Commander Vellar - Episode One

Lawrence starred or co-starred in twenty-five films in the U.S. and in Europe and also has appeared in more than two hundred television episodes.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Rome, Italy, he developed an early talent for languages, which opened many doors for him as an actor. Trained as a classical dancer, he appeared on Broadway in "Hazel Flagg" and in "Shinbone Alley" with Eartha Kitt. He was eventually lured to Hollywood where he worked with the Hollywood Bowl Ballet Company. In films, he worked as a dancer with such notables as Gene Kelly, Donald O'Conner and Mitzie Gaynor. He studied fencing both in the U.S. and Europe, which afforded him the opportunity to work as a stuntman on "Scaramouche", "The Three Musketeers", "Julius Caesar", and in a series of low budget, swashbuckling films for Sam Katzman at Columbia.

He was featured in such films as "The Great Escape" (with Steve McQueen and James Garner), "Tubruk" (with Rock Hudson and George Peppard), "The Power" (with George Hamilton and Suzanne Plechette), "Captain Sindbad" and "Damon & Pythias" (both starring Guy Williams), "The Mongols" (starring Jack Palance and Anita Ekberg) and "Escape To Witch Mountain" (with Ray Milland and Donald Pleasance.) He starred in "Pillar Of Fire" (made in Israel), "Moby Jackson" and "Rapina Al Quartiere Ovest" (both made in Italy.) He has worked in Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia, Israel and Spain. "Of all the films, television and theatre I've done, I can honestly say that the things I'm most remembered for are the two roles I created on Star Trek: Decius in Balance of Terror and Stonn in Amok Time."















Joe Klein - Series Narrator / Captain Klein - Episode One

Joe is a well known American audio producer, voice over artist and voice director. While in High School, Klein was at the helm of a closed circuit radio station which spawned several major media figures. After a brief stint as teenage disc-jockey he was hired by well known jazz signer and Producer, John Lasalle in the early 1970's. The pair soon became partners and produced hundreds of national radio and television commercials and jingles.

In 1977, Klein started his own production company, L.A. Trax, INC. Shortly after starting the company Klein was "discovered" by radio veteran Scott Shannon, who at the time was working for Neil Bogart's Casablanca Records. Shannon asked Klein to produce an ad for the disco version of the Star Wars theme artist by Meco Menardo. The commercial was aired nationally on hundreds of leading radio stations and was largely responsible for propelling the record to #1, after it had stalled on the charts for several weeks. Klein went on to produce hundreds of additional ads for the label over the next three years.

Soon as the notoriety of the commercials produced by Klein grew, he began to produce record spots for other major labels, including Warner Brothers, Capitol Records, EMI-America, Mowtown, Liberty, Chrysalis, Ariola-America among others. By the early 1980's L.A. Trax was known as the leading producer of record album spots in the United States. During a fifteen year period Klein produced over 1200 radio and television spots working with the best known voice talents and in Hollywood, including Ernie Anderson, Chuck Riley, Gene Moss, Danny Dark and actors William Shatner and Martin Sheen.

Klein stayed active in the business as a voice over artist, through the mid-1990's he voiced several national radio and television commercials and performed dialogue for feature films and television programs.

Joe Klein retired from "the business" in 1996 but resurfaced in 2005 when he launched The Podcast Voice Guys with long time friend and fellow voice talent Bill Fortune. The company produces voice overs and media elements for podcasts and video blogs.


Andy Tyrer - Executive Producer

Living in London, England. Andy is Co-Creator and Co-Executive Producer for Star Trek: The Continuing Mission and has a background in graphical and website design, IT Management as well as teaching.

Andy has been a long time fan of the show since the 70's and 80's, and looks forward to developing and crafting the series for the future. Andy has been very instrumental in the script development and overall arc of the show.

As a lover of film and drama, when asked who has been an influence on his creative talents Andy ended up with the following list of alumni: Ronald D. Moore, George Lucas, Kevin Smith, David E. Kelly and Russell T. Davies.




Sebastian Prooth - Executive Producer

Sebastian Prooth, is Co-Creator and Co-Executive Producer of Star Trek: The Continuing Mission. A life long Star Trek enthusiast, Sebastian is well known in the Star Trek Community for his interviews with Star Trek Production and cast members on his blog, Seb’s Raw Takes. Sebastian is a Film Producer, Screenwriter, and published true crime author and lends his writing talent to Star Trek: The Continuing Mission in script development and the overall story arc development of the show. When asked who his favourite Star Trek character is, it always results in a list including: Jonathan Archer, Data, Jean-Luc Picard and a few others. When asked who his favourite affiliate of the Star Trek Production team is another list follows including: Nicholas Meyer, Michael Piller and Jonathan Frakes.

Sebastian is an American who was educated in Media Studies in the United Kingdom, now residing back in California. Though not an umbrella fan of science fiction, Sebastian enjoys, Ronald D. Moore’s Battlestar Galactica and is an avid fan of the current William Shatner TV show, Boston Legal. For an in depth biography of Sebastian Prooth see www.SebRT.com/about.

Additional Credits

Website and Graphical Design:

Maintained and developed by Andy Tyrer
.

3d Models used within images:

The USS Montana (originally USS Phobos) is an orginal 3d mesh created by Kevin Riley.

The Romulan Warbird used within the promotional material for Ghost Ship is an original 3d mesh created by Sean Kennedy.

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