The Writers Guild Foundation is celebrating its 60th anniversary in space.
The organization has put together a live reading of “The Man Trap,” the first-ever episode of Star Trek that aired. Noah Wyle, Katherine LaNasa, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Shabana Azeez and Ayesha Harris from the HBO Max’s The Pitt will help explore strange new worlds at the event, which is set for August 30 at 7 p.m. at the Lodge Room in Highland Park
Tickets are available here and a livestream is available here.
Wyle will perform the role of Captain James T. Kirk.
Why Star Trek? The show premiered on NBC in 1966, the same year the WGF was created. Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry also served as a member of the foundation’s board in its early years.
The organization will take the script from the shelves of its Shavelson-Webb Library and bring it to life as part of its “Retro Reads” strand. The WGF library holds more than 50,000 scripts, which are open to everyone.
Proceeds from the event will support the foundation and its public programs, including the library, Writers Access programs, Veterans Writing Project and public education events.
“Retro Reads” is produced by Ben Blacker and Heath Corson. The show will feature live scoring by Philip Krohnengold. The livestream is being produced by Drew Spears’ DSPStudioLA and distributed by Third Best Comedy.
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