Cast

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.

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.

James Francis is an actor from Knoxville, TN where he has been performing for over 10 years. Favorite roles include Hal in Proof , Edward in Someone to Watch Over Me, Ellard in The Foreigner and Valmont inLes Liaisons Dangereuses.

He has been an avid Star Trek fan since he was a little boy sitting on a bean bag chair with his father watching a TV you had to turn on with a pair of pliers and is very excited to be a part of the USS Montana crew!

Jim Manikas has been a performer since 1977 when he played the murderer in “Sorry, Wrong Number” in high school and has been in love with the theater ever since. He has performed in everything from Gilbert and Sullivan operettas to absurdist theater by Samuel Beckett.

You will currently find him working as the Director of Technology at Webb School of Knoxville during the day, but hanging around the theater pretty much any other time.

Tiffany Tallent is an actress from Knoxville, Tennessee, where she has been performing for over 15 years. She has been very active in the theater community performing in more than 30 productions.
She has also spent time behind the scenes as a director/choreographer. Some of her favorite roles include Columbia – The Rocky Horror Show, Gwendolen – The Importance of Being Earnest, Maria – West Side Story, Sophia – Fools, and Wendy – Peter Pan.

Tiffany grew up watching Star Trek with her family, and could not be more excited to be working on The Continuing Mission!