project-image

💫 StarKid Returns Store

Created by Team StarKid

Missed the StarKid Returns crowdfunding campaign? You can still become a late backer and get in on those rewards!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

🎭 CINDERELLA'S CASTLE - A New StarKid Musical Coming to KICKSTARTER on April 6th!
28 days ago – Wed, Apr 03, 2024 at 09:01:48 AM

Hello StarKid Backerkit community,

As we continue to push forward on SK Labs and wrap up the StarKid Returns rewards, we're also launching a new crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter this Saturday, April 6th, 2024. This time we'll be raising funds for a fantasy-filled musical adventure...

StarKid invites you on a journey to The Lands That Are for our latest stage production, CINDERELLA’S CASTLE! This grim retelling of the classic fairy tale is filled with humor, puppetry, and an electrifying musical score by Jeff Blim. We've put together an amazing cast and crew that we're excited to reveal over the coming weeks, so be sure to check out the new campaign to learn more.

Below is a sneak peek at what's in store... the full Kickstarter trailer will launch on April 6th, along with the campaign! Follow our Pre-Launch Kickstarter Page HERE to help us build the hype and stay notified about updates on the show!



Follow the campaign for:

Exclusive Previews:
Dive into the depths of the production, from peeks at the musical score, to cast reveals, to glimpses at this new fantasy world we'll all create together.

Backer-Exclusive Perks:
We're lining up special rewards to celebrate your support, including new apparel, exclusive digital backstage content, and more!

Join the Story:
Our journey would not be complete without all of you. Your contribution helped make our StarKid Returns campaign a success, and we'd love to have your support in creating the magical realm of Cinderella's Castle.

Keep your eyes open for more details as we draw closer to our launch of the Cinderella's Castle Kickstarter Campaign!

💫 UPDATE on STARKID 🧪 LABS, 🎁 REWARDS, and a POV VIP TOUR of the 🪩 JANGLE BALL!!!
about 1 month ago – Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 10:01:30 PM

Hi Everyone!

Since the STARKID RETURNS campaign ended in October of 2022, we've toured with the JANGLE BALL, produced NERDY PRUDES MUST DIE (and released the show on YouTube). We've shipped physical rewards and signed scripts, but we're not through yet!


Last weekend, on Saturday March 16th, we hosted our STARKID REACTS Livestream for SK Returns backers who contributed $25 or more. If you missed the stream (where SK cast & crew members re-watched our latest musical NERDY PRUDES MUST DIE), you can still catch the unlisted video on YouTube. Be sure to check your email for the STARKID REACTS messages, containing the link to the stream.

And speaking of emails, we've already started scheduling our $1,000 tier STARKID RESPONDS video chats. So if you're one of the 24 backers who we'll be having an hour-long Zoom conversation with, please make sure to look out for messages from us about planning those hang-outs. We had our first round of video chats today, and they were tons of fun!

As far as rewards go, that just leaves the STARKID RECORDS Personalized Songs! We're pleased to report that those are being worked on right now and should go out within the next few months.

WHICH BRINGS US TO THE SK RETURNS PROJECTS THAT ARE IN CURRENT DEVELOPMENT. Namely, STARKID LABS...

While the three SKLabs projects are all in various stages of pre/production, we're looking to have all of them completed within the next year. In fact, here are some brief updates from the three SKLab teams:

First off, the forces behind SISSY had this to say:
"The script for Sissy is in active development, with Tammy and Corey L. setting some deadlines for different stages of the script and production. We’re aiming to mount the reading in summer of 2024."

Next, Lauren Lopez, the creator of THIS TITLE IS PERMANENT! teased a winter '24/'25 release with the following statement:
"Ok you ABSOLUTE FREAKS™️! This Title is Permanent will be premiering in the winter, which should give everyone ample time to watch Divas Live 1999 (in full!) before listening."

And the producers of SPACE BABY (currently targeting a fall 2024 release) sent this transmission:
"Ahoy there, Interstellar travelers! We’ve been hard at work bringing our new anthology series, Space Baby, to life! You might ask… what IS Space Baby?!

Space Baby was conceived as a safe space for artists to bring to life their wildest, most WTF ideas. This cosmic variety show will feature the work of a diverse array of creators and digital mediums seen through the eyes of our titular tot as he sets out to discover the origins of life itself. Participants are given a prompt, a budget, and (most importantly) permission to get weird. Don't overthink it. At its core, Space Baby is an experiment in creativity, comedy, and play.

So where’s the show?!

Starting back in early 2023, we began the process of finding someone to bring our titular tot to life in puppet form! After meeting with several different puppeteers, we found an amazing artist based in the Washington DC area who agreed to take on the challenge within our limited budget. Turns out, making a puppet takes a long time! Over the summer and into fall, as we awaited the arrival of our heroic space child, we met with a variety of artists as we assembled the creative team for this first episode. Then, in late November of last year, Space Baby was done and sent to us! Now in 2024, the time has finally come to begin production. The creative team is assembled, our intergalactic infant is in our hands and we are SO excited to show you all what we’ve been working on. It’s gonna get weird!

The creative team (so far) includes:
Jaime Lyn Beatty (co-creator)
Curt Mega (co-creator)
James Tolbert (writer and director)
Matt Dahan (original music)
Angela Parrish (original music)
Leigh Lahav (animation)
Sinead Persaud (writer and director)
Kim Whalen (producer and actor)
Amy Plouff (original props)
Nick Gage (theme song)
And more!!!

Be on the lookout for an official trailer dropping later with a target release date of late summer / early fall! Thank you for helping us bring new stories to life!

Sincerely,
Jaime, Curt, and the Space Baby Team"

In fact, you can watch a teaser for SPACE BABY right here!



In addition to the SKLab projects themselves, we'll also be producing the SKLABUMENTARY (a short documentary detailing the process of bringing these experimental endeavors to life). That featurette  should be coming out in late 2024/early 2025 as well, so stay tuned for more updates!

In the meantime, THANK YOU again for supporting the STARKID RETURNS BackerKit campaign. We so appreciate your involvement and your patience. We hope you've enjoyed all the projects that have been released thus far, and we can't wait to show you the rest of them!

Gratefully yours,
Nick Lang
StarKid Productions

PS. We've got one more treat for you! A special peek backstage at the STARKID JANGLE BALL in your first POV VIP TOUR (the NERDY PRUDES backstage tour will be coming soon)! Enjoy!!!



🔔 Big ‘Ol Update!
11 months ago – Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 02:25:46 PM

Hey SK backer fam–💕

📝 The SURVEYS are in, 🎁 REWARDS are in production, 🎞 the NPMD pro-shot is currently on the cutting room floor, being edited for your future viewing pleasure and SK Labs, 🚀 SPACE BABY is currently in pre-production. 🔥🔥


WE'RE IN PRODUCTION

We've been working hard to get these rewards juuust right. The SK sweats are currently in production with Ann Arbor Tees, and we’ve been spending the last months finalizing prototypes of the other rewards. Once the final production of the apparel is done, you will get a notification from BackerKit to lock in your addresses and we’ll ship you everything. Thank you for your patience as we do our due diligence to make sure the rewards are “totally awesome”. Below are some samples of our sunnies and fannies when we were finalizing them for production. 



Super cool right?

We loved the sunnies, but the sample color was a little too gold/green than we were wanting. The logo needed a little lift too.





WHAT ABOUT DIGITAL REWARDS AND DEMO ALBUMS?

Digital rewards are still coming down the pipeline later this summer! We're still working out scheduling (for things like the Rewatch Livestream!), so we'll get you a more concrete update once that all settles! But once they're ready, you'll get an email from your BackerKit survey, where you'll get your download and watch links.

If you're receiving one of the demo albums as part of your rewards, you'll get an email once they're ready to be downloaded from your BackerKit survey. You can expect the VHS Christmas Carol album later this month and the Nerdy Prudes album after the complete cast recording comes out! (We do not have a release date yet, but we will let you know when we do!)


PROJECT UPDATES

NERDY PRUDES MUST DIE
Hallelujah! 🙏NPMD is alive and well. With your help, StarKid filmed a pro-shot version during the run of the show. That footage is currently being edited and perfected with the goal of a release in late summer or early fall. Perfect timing to see your favorite Hatchetfield characters run for their lives...or take some. 🪓


SPACE BABY
Our intergalactic musical odyssey begins! Our intrepid space captains, Jaime Lyn Beatty, and Curt Mega have begun the voyage to boldly go where no StarKid has gone before by creating a musical anthology variety show! They have begun assembling the Episode One space crew, meeting with artists, developing stories, and creating the aesthetic and tone for this weird and wild musical odyssey. They are deep in pre-production, with lift-off/production/filming beginning this summer. 🪐👶


SISSY
We’ve begun setting things in motion for our Sisyphean play, though the work has not felt Sisyphean at all! Tammy Babich and Corey Dorris have been talking about the parameters of how we’re going to do the reading, while Corey Lubowich has been hard at work on the script using the Tammy, Corey, and Nick Lang as a creative sounding board. More to come, but for right now it’s coming along swimmingly! Also, for shits and giggles, Corey also used AI to generate a concept image of the office the show takes place in! Check that out below. But look closely at the computers: they don’t make sense! 💻


Ok, that's it for now!
xo,
TSK

🔒 Time to Lock it Down!
about 1 year ago – Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 04:49:06 PM

Hey SK backer fam–

The Nerdy Prudes live shows are barely in our rearview and we're already hard at work on our upcoming SK Labs projects! But we wanted to give you a quick campaign update!

REWARDS AND SURVEY LOCK DOWN

The time has come to lock down your surveys! That means time to finalize your add-on selections, apparel sizes, and submissions to the StarKid backer yearbook.  

**If you do not complete your survey before MONDAY, APRIL 10, we may not be able to get you your rewards!**

Of particular note: those of you who were only receiving digital rewards but were eligible for the bonus pin (either by being a returning backer or backing within the first 72 hours). You must complete your survey by Monday to indicate you would like to pay for shipping to get your pin! If you don't respond before the orders are locked we won't be able to add that to your survey. Don't delay or you'll feel like this guy:



WHAT'S NEXT? PHYSICAL REWARDS!

You finish surveys, we lock down surveys, charge for shipping, then our friends at Ann Arbor Tees are gear up to produce all that awesome swag!

About 4-5 weeks after survey lock downs, you'll get a final notice to confirm your address in your BackerKit survey. That'll be your last chance to update it to make sure your rewards go to the right place! And we expect Ann Arbor Tees to be shipping all of those rewards in the 2 weeks following address lock down. So your rewards should be getting to you around the end of May!

Note that this will encompass all physical rewards EXCEPT if you backed at a tier that is receiving a signed script. Those will be sent out separately after those projects premiere!

THEN WHAT? DIGITAL REWARDS AND DEMO ALBUMS

Digital rewards are still coming down the pipeline later this summer! We're still working out timeline and scheduling (for things like the Rewatch Livestream!), so we'll get you a more concrete update once that all settles! But once they're ready, you'll get an email from your BackerKit survey, where you'll get your download and watch links.

If you're receiving one of the demo albums as part of your rewards, you'll get an email once they're ready to be downloaded from your BackerKit survey. You can expect the VHS Christmas Carol album in May, and the Nerdy Prudes album after the full cast recording comes out! (We do not have a release date for that yet, but will let you know when we do!)

Ok, that's it for now! Thanks for your support as always, and please COMPLETE YOUR SURVEYS!!

xo,
TSK

💫 We did it! NPMD premiere, Digital Tickets & Surveys!
about 1 year ago – Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 12:25:15 PM

We've done it!

Nerdy Prudes Must Die premiered at the El Portal Theatre in Los Angeles, and was a big success! We are so, so grateful for the opportunity to hit the stage again, and we couldn't have done it without your help! Check out a few of our production photos below!

If you weren't able to make it to the live production, don't worry! There's still time to check out our latest Hatchetfield musical - Digital Tickets will be available until March 21st. Watch the trailer here!
 
Click here to purchase your Digital Ticket.
Once you purchase the Digital Ticket, you'll have 30 days to begin streaming. Once you click play, you'll have 72 hours to watch as many times as you like until it expires.

And backers, please fill out your surveys if you haven't already! For detailed information on filling out your survey, check out our last update on our campaign page! Further info about the timeline for these rewards will be share soon.


FAQ

WILL THE SHOW BE POSTED TO YOUTUBE/WHEN WILL IT BE POSTED?
Yes! Nerdy Prudes will eventually be available for purchase via DVD/Digital Download, and for viewing on YouTube. We haven't set the release date yet, but look for it/an announcement late 2023, early 2024!

WILL THERE BE A CAST ALBUM? WHEN WILL IT BE RELEASED?
Yes, there will be a Nerdy Prudes cast album! We haven't set the release date yet, it will coinside with the DVD/Digital Download/YouTube release and be available on the iTunes Store or digtal download in our merch store. Look for it/an announcement late 2023, early 2024!

WHEN WILL THE CAST ALBUM BE ON SPOTIFY/STREAMING?
Initially, our cast albums are only available to purchase on iTunes or via our merch store. Buying the album is the best way you can support the show and all the artists involved!
We typically add our albums to Spotify/streaming at a later date, usually about a year after the initial release.

WHAT IS A DIGITAL TICKET?
We're excited to give everyone the opportunity to see our live shows, even if you can't make it out in person. For the digital ticket, we film the show with one camera opening weekend, to get you a version you can watch as soon as possible!

HOW DO I WATCH IF I PRE-ORDERED A DIGITAL TICKET?
If you pre-ordered the digital ticket, you were sent your link to watch via the email address connected to your PayPal account.