Spring Show | July 18-20 2008

Jonathan Frakes plays Commander William Riker, the U.S.S. Enterprise’s XO. “Riker’s job is to provide Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) with the most efficiently-run ship and the best prepared crew he can,” Jonathan explains. “As a result, he maintains a more military bearing than the other characters, despite the fact that salutes and other military protocol no longer exist in the 24th century.”

We’re so unbelievably excited to have him booked for our Spring show coming up in May. We’ll also be talking to him for an upcoming podcast.

As an actor in Vancouver, Smith has made a career of performing in many of the United States’ most appreciated sci-fi series. He performed five different roles in five episodes of the acclaimed series The Outer Limits. Soon after he was playing the American Pilot in Brian DePalma’s Mission To Mars. He then portrayed the role of “Major Lorne” on SG1 and the role was brought back on Stargate: Atlantis three years later. He now recurs on the series. His favorite episode to date was “Runner.” In addition, he is also recurring on the series The 4400 as “Agent Garrity.”

We welcome him to the show with open arms and hope he’ll find a happy place with us at Vulkon in Orlando!

Okay for those of you who are “in the know” when you think of guys with a face you instantly recognize, you might say “That guy who was in STARGATE the movie, and HEROES…what’s his name…?” None other than Erick Avari. I can’t tell you how excited we are to have this guy as a bonus guest at our spring show coming up in May.

Erick Avari’s credits include leading roles in films from Kevin Reynolds’ cult classic The Beast of War, to commercial mega-hits such as Planet of the Apes, Stargate and later Stargate SG-1, Independence Day and The Mummy.

His comedic skills have landed him starring roles in the Adam Sandler remake Mr. Deeds, For Love or Money and Woody Allen’s only TV film, Don’t Drink the Water. His long theatrical background has garnered him critical acclaim for several roles at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre in New York City, including his portrayal of Vasquez in “‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore” and the Broadway hit, “The King and I”.

He has had the pleasure of performing in some of the most prestigious regional theatres in the country, including The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Chicago’s Goodman Theater and The Cleveland Playhouse, playing roles such as the King in “King Lear” and Joseph Smith in the Mabou Mines production of “The Norman Project”.

On television, his Sci-fi credits include his recurring role as Kasuf on Stargate SG-1,and has guest starred on Star Trek:TNG, Deep Space Nine and Enterprise, Babylon 5, The X Files. He will be seen as General Samir in Dean Devlin’s “The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines” on TNT directed by Jonathan Frakes (who BTW will also be at the show).