Lisa Wilcox - Actress and Guest of Honor (First Time Guest)

Lisa Wilcox is back to acting full time after raising her boys and being married to corporate world for a couple decades. Born and raised in Missouri, she has performed in over 100 film, television, commercial, and theatre productions. Lisa started her career in Equity Waiver theatre then completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at UCLA while also studying Grotowski. She has always been serious about exploring how to express a character to full believability and thus hopefully touch the audience indefinitely. For her, making this impression is all that matters.

Though Lisa may be best known for Alice Johnson in “A Nightmare On Elm Street 4, The Dream Master” and “A Nightmare On Elm Street 5, The Dream Child,” the other characters she has created in her career run a full gamut – from nuns to prostitutes. Her agent quotes, “A true chameleon actress.” Also, let’s not forget her infamous role as Yuta on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Known asthe “Assassin,” Yuta is a property on The Next Generation Monopoly board.

For many years, Lisa has had the pleasure of attending conventions all over the world meeting those that share the love of film. She has received many awards at Film Festivals including Best Actress in “Blood On The Bleachers” “Mystery Spot” and “Murder Anyone?”

Lisa has many films now streaming. Just search Lisa Wilcox on Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, ETC. Other projects that will be coming out soon include “Woods Witch” with Tom Sizemore, “Don’t Suck” with comedians Jamie Kennedy and Matt Rife and “Demon Hunter: Time 2 Kill” which will premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival in October.

James Bradford Huston - Film Maker (First Time Guest)

Synopsis:

A Winter of Empires is an homage to Star Trek and Star Wars. Galactic Civilizations reminiscent of the Federation and Imperials build a dangerous rivalry over a mysterious frozen world. The conflict becomes deeply personal when governments on both sides fail everyone.

 Personal Background:

At 12, James Bradford Huston was making video games and Claymation. By high school, he was making a comic series. After college, he made a motion-comic that showed in film festivals. The success gave him the courage to build and operate a small film studio in San Francisco. Although one of his first clients was an Oscar nominated actress, Huston only kept the studio open for roughly a year. The choice to close the studio was as much a creative choice as it was a medical one. An epilepsy condition he had since 23 became more serious quickly after having a seizure while driving. The seizures grew in number and severity until they were causing brain damage. Huston intermittently lost speech and movement for long periods of time. Fighting to live was not enough. James wanted to live to share his creativity. Today, James Bradford Huston is 2 years without seizures.


The Red Rum Pirate Band - Featured Artist (First Time Guests)

The Red Rum Pirate Band is a comedic Pirate-clad folk band traveling the land-locked Mid-West in search of merriment at Pubs, Renfaires, Festivals, Conventions, Private functions and wherever someone will listen and pay us (hey, we are pirates). The band has been known to cause spontaneous bouts of toe-tapping and hand-clapping to classic festival and convention tunes, pub songs, nautical sailor’s tunes, pirate and renaissance folk music. The band plays both traditional and original songs (including parodies) in our very own zany style of nautical comedy. Red Rum likes to think of ourselves as a combination of Captain Jack, the Smothers Brothers and the Kingston Trio.  

The crew has almost 100 collective years of musical performance experience under their belt. They were members of the cast and staff that ran the beloved Indiana Renaissance Festival for 15 years. The crew are also avid gamers, movie nerds, pop culture geeks and Adam participated on science panels in various Sci-Fi and Fantasy Conventions in the South. They have been performing music together since 2013. Red Rum consists of the songwriter and punster, Captain Red, played by Adam Fivush, the bubbly and demented ship’s cookie/gunner, Lady Rum, played by Andrea Fivush, and the stoic folk music connoisseur, Scurvy. Our Rhythm Man, Red, plays acoustic and electric guitar (6 and 12 string) and is the main instigator of the band’s originals and parodies. The String Mistress, Rum, plays over 83 strings in total between her autoharp, hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, and bowed psaltery while the Maestro, Scurvy, plays banjo, harmonica, mandola, fiddle, bass guitar, bodhran, spoons, and penny whistle and writes instrumentals and partners with Red on the originals. They all sing, make nautical jokes, banter with each other, and interact with the crowds.


The Threepios - Featured Artist (First Time Guests)

The Threepios play original songs and parodies of classic 80's rock, pop and new wave tunes - all about Star Wars! Featuring creative forces of award-winning acts like The Shake Ups and Five Year Mission, The Threepios are the latest in a series of Midwestern-based pop culture-influenced fandom bands, and features veteran Indianapolis-based musicians Patrick O'Connor, Savannah O'Connor and Ed Cho. The Threepios formed on the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi, releasing their debut album, The Age of Protocol, on Star Wars Day 2024, with a follow up parody-centric release entitled Three Imaginary Droids becoming available on Star Wars Day 2025. The Threepios have become renowned for their parodies of acts such as the Cars, the Cure, the Clash, Devo, Twisted Sister, the Buggles, Wang Chung and even... Rick Astley. For droids about to rock, we salute you! 


StarPodLog and StarPodTrek - Guest Ambassadors of Starbase Indy

Nayr and Kavura are the hosts of StarPodTrek, the podcast that explores Gene Roddenberry’s vision through the lens of Starlog magazine. They are also members of the Starfleet Command fan club and serve aboard the USS Athena. They have been great ambassadors of Starbase Indy over the years. It’s a pleasure to welcome them back to the Starbase.

Starship Edsel - Guest Improv Artists

Starship Edsel is a Star Trek inspired farce set aboard the Federation Starship Edsel in the early 25th century. It is based upon a LARP (Live Action Role Play) written and developed by Brandon Brylawski, who is also a producer and head writer on this show. The Executive Producer and show runner is Second City Chicago and Paramount veteran, Anthony LeBlanc.

Knightmage - Featured Cosplayer

(International Cosplayer/Entertainer/Philanthropist)

Michael “Knightmage” Wilson was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and now resides in Youngstown, Ohio. 

A current decorated 25 year Deputy Sheriff for the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio, Michael has been cosplaying since 2012. Having created over 400 costumes, Michael is an award winning cosplayer with many of his creations being praised and displayed on numerous platforms in print and online. Michael is noted as one of the most influential and diverse male cosplayers in the world. Along with judging cosplay contests, Michael often hosts cosplay panels and workshops at conventions showcasing the creative, positive, inspiring and supportive side of cosplay. 

Having a love for acting and stunt work, Michael has worked on several Hollywood comic book movie productions. Michael was also an alternate for the 2006 reality show “Who Wants To Be A Superhero” hosted by Stan Lee. Michael has worked on and has been featured in several fan films and productions such as the popular YouTube series “MAN AT ARMS: Reforged”. Michael is a spokesperson for FX latex product, Zombie-Skin and has created various costumes for World Wrestling Entertainment superstars. Michael has also been featured on the Emmy Nominated show Judge Steve Harvey. In 2022 the word “Knightmage” was added to Urban Dictionary describing some of the many positive cosplay philosophies that Michael holds along with others in the cosplay community.

Michael’s likeness was also used in the creation of the character Cruzado from Emerald Anvil.  This young adult fantasy novel and game, was mad by the producers of the famous Lord of the Rings trilogy. Genuinely loving to entertain, make a positive impact and bring smiles, Michael most often uses his costuming by bringing awareness and participating in many charitable events, benefits, parades, birthdays and hospital visits to children. This has led him to becoming a member of esteemed costuming groups all over the United States such as “The League of Heroes, The Heroes Alliance-Ohio Branch, East Coast Avengers, Costumers with a Cause, Superheroes to Kids in Ohio, GingerSnaps Cosplay and Heroic Inner Kids”. 

Michael often works closely with charity organizations as a sponsor and has partnered with over 200 various organizations around the world to fundraise and bring awareness to these organizations. Michael has received numerous awards for his charitable deeds including the “Outstanding Service Award” from Credit Where Credit Is Due, the CosBravo Award, Electronic Sports Industry “Most Influential Male Cosplayer” Award, “Most Influential Person of the Year” Award from Spanning the Need, and most notably the “Presidential Volunteers Award” from President Barack Obama and the White House.

 If you wish, become a fan and follow at www.knightmage.org,

Mogchelle - Featured Cosplayer

Da’Rell Miller - Featured Cosplayer and Award Winning Film Maker

Da’Rell Miller is an energetic force in the industry to be reckoned with. Hailing from Indianapolis, Indiana, Da’Rell is an idealistic hip-hop artist who isn’t shy to dabble in other genres such as rhythm & blues, rock and roll, and country. His love for music generated at the age of four listening to greats such as Tupac, Bone Thugs N Harmony, Eminem and many others. He later turned his love into a profession in 2011 after years of constant influence from surrounding family members. With aggressive emotions, an energetic sound, genuine lyrics, and a diverse creative mind he is on the rise to claim his spot in the big leagues of hip-hop. In 2011, Da’Rell Miller formed a hip hop group called “ R.K. Nation” all from Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Being diagnosed with ADD (attention deficit disorder) PTSD ( Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Depression, Eating Disorder, and Anxiety in 2016, Da’Rell Miller is going to therapy and realizing his passion and happiness comes from being an artist. He wants to stop the stigma about mental illnesses by supporting mental illness programs and also talking about it in his music. Da’Rell Miller not only struggled with his mental illness all his life but fought through his disabilities through entertainment. Meeting his mentor Kiki Romeo and Brandon Lee after dropping out of college, he was later in his first magazine in 2015 called Cobra X created by Romeo.

Romeo took Da’Rell Miller under his wing to turn him into his own CEO business man. Da’Rell Miller is the CEO of Royalti Virtue company, which himself and his big cousin Jordan Clayton now owns together, working on bringing Indiana a worldwide known record label started in 2016. In 2019, Da’Rell Miller started to get involved in filmmaking. He later wrote and directed two projects titled “The Boy N The Darkness” and “A Traumatic Story Pt.1”. He is now pursuing being a actor and producer with working with others from Indiana. His next film project is a super heroes web series titled “ParaGenex”, which will be released in 2020. Da’Rell Miller won 12 film awards since 2021.

Demetrius Witherspoon - Award-Winning Writer, Director, Producer

Demetrius Witherspoon, creator of the Submerge Universe, was born in Louisville, KY in 1974, and went on to be a R&B Singer. In 2013, he began his journey as Writer, Director, and Producer of the Award-Winning Sci-Fi Submerge Universe Franchise.
As a child, Demetrius always loved to watch movies. That determination to feed the spirit and imagination of an audience has had a direct impact on his life and his community. He loves to make movies and comics, see dreams unfold into reality, and loves being an active participant in nourishing the creativity that abounds in his local and international art communities.
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Moxie Anne Magnus
The Universe’s Foremost Xenocosmetologist!

Moxie Anne Magnus is a perennial favorite at Starbase Indy and we are delighted to welcome her back again this year. Moxie Anne Magnus, entertainer extraordinaire, mediocre comic and even mediocre-er ukulelist, slingshots back in time to join you once again! But who is Moxie Anne Magnus? She is indeed a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, laced up in a girdle, topped with two feet of hair and set on a pedestal of size 12, Starfleet-regulation, black, chunky-heel, platform boots! 
Moxie Anne Magnus

DJ Ray Skills - Event Entertainment

DJ Ray Skills provides Starbase Indy 2025 with Magical Music for Singing and Dancing!

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