A Company of Stars

By the 26th century, humanity has begun its expansion to the stars. Terra is united and the General Assembly debates political issues endlessly on enormous public wallscreens. But some things don't change: New York is still New York; Broadway is still Broadway, and live theatre is bigger and better than ever. Aging character actor Horace Burbage plans to stage the coup of a lifetime when he forms a new rep company. His merry band will tour the star colonies, then return triumphantly to Terra to take Broadway by storm! Trouble looms when the reactionary new political party LORDS starts a chilling attack on theatre and 'its timeless repertory of immorality.' Horace and his troupe find themselves in a race against time, to finish their starship and blast off, before they are grounded forever on Terra ... or worse ...