Productions
StarKid Productions, also known as Team StarKid is a student-created theatre production troupe formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 2009 by theatre students at the University of Michigan. The troupe’s most popular work, “A Very Potter Musical”, based on the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, has been viewed more than 2.5 million times on YouTube and the troupe’s YouTube channel has 70,000+ subscribers.Since most members have graduated, the team is going to center its productions in Chicago, Illinois, where the writers have now moved.
THE SHOWS
Little White Lie (2007)
Starkid’s very first production, “Little White Lie” was produced in 2007. It was funded by the money they won from a competition on SOAPnet. The video that earned them the prize is called “The Harder They Fall”
A Very Potter Musical (2009)
StarKid Productions first performed their show “H.P. the Musical” on April 9–11, 2009 at the Walgreen Drama Center on the University of Michigan campus. The troupe thereafter changed the name of the production to “A Very Potter Musical.” StarKid Productions joined YouTube under the username StarKidPotter on June 19, 2009, and uploaded the show as “A Very Potter Musical” on July 5, 2009. This musical parody follows years 1, 4, 6 and 7 of the Harry Potter books, though it is set in second year.
Me and My Dick (2009)
Following “A Very Potter Musical,” StarKid Productions performed and recorded a second musical in the fall of 2009, entitled “Me And My Dick.” The cast recording to “Me And My Dick”, released on iTunes, became the first student”-produced college musical to reach the Billboard Top 100 (Cast Albums).
A Very Potter Sequel
StarKid Productions thereafter produced a second musical about Harry Potter named “A Very Potter Sequel.” It was performed at the Walgreen Drama Center on May 14–16, 2010. The video-recording of the show premiered at the Harry Potter Fan Conference Infinitus on July 17, 2010 in Orlando, Florida; released on YouTube on July 22. It follows years 1, 3 and 5 of the Harry Potter books, and it is set in Harry’s first year at Hogwarts.
Starship
“Starship” was Team StarKid’s first show outside of University of Michigan. It is the story of a bug named Bug (Joey Richter) who dreams of being a Starship Ranger, but cannot because only humans can be Starship Rangers. Starship 15 A-2 with a group of Starship Rangers lands on Bug World and “Starship” chronicles their adventures on this new planet and Bug’s journey with this desperate desire to be a Starship Ranger. “Starship” was performed from February 11th-23rd 2011 and premiered on YouTube on April 30th, 2011.
