A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY BY TIM SHAFFER & DUSTIN OLIVER

Worlds literally collide when a Star Wars cruise plows into a Star Trek cruise, leaving two groups of hardcore fans to fight through their fantasies, face their realities, and truly go where no musical comedy has gone before.  When the Star Wars ship begins to sink, its passengers must board the Trek cruise ship, and the new shipmates are trapped below decks.  Can they learn to work together in spite of their differences, embrace the hero within, and (most importantly) get back to the four-star buffet in time for dinner?  Probably not; but anything is possible when fantasy meets reality on the open sea.

A native of Northeast Ohio, Dustin Oliver graduated from Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida in 2005 with a degree in music and quickly moved back to begin planting roots in the Northeast Ohio musical theatre scene.  He has firmly established himself as an actor, director, composer and playwright through numerous Akron area companies including Aurora Community Theatre, Hudson Players Guild, Stow Players and Celebration Players.  In 2015, he received his MA in Theatre Arts from The University of Akron.  He is now developing the new musical comedy, Fantasy Adrift: Nerds at Sea. 

Tim Shaffer is a magna cum laude graduate of Kent State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in music with a minor in education.  A freelance trumpet player, conductor, and composer, he performs regularly throughout Ohio, has acted as music director for a number of community theater and school theatrical productions, and has taught instrumental music in schools in Ohio and Texas.  He has scored music for radio spots and amateur film projects, authored the musical Where There's a Will, and is currently developing the original musical comedy, Fantasy Adrift: Nerds at Sea.