Romulan Encounter

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TitleRomulan Encounter
Fandom(s)Star Trek: TOS
Author(s)L.E. Wallace, Jr.
Date(s)November 15-19, 1971
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Romulan Encounter is a 1971 Star Trek: TOS three-act play.

Its creator was L.E. Wallace, Jr. and it was staged at The Denham Springs Community Theatre in Louisiana, US.

Wallace's first Star Trek play was called Star Date 3113.7. From Star Trek Lives! (which gets the title wrong!):

It [Stardate 7113.7] was followed by Romulan Encounter, which continued the first play's innovative combination of stage and film techniques, using previously prepared film as if it were the main view-screen on the bridge stage set.

Roddenberry's Approval

The play was produced with the knowledge and approval of Gene Roddenberry. L.E. Wallace was inspired after reading a letter from Roddenberry in the fanzine T-Negative #11 in which Roddenberry gave open approval of such events if staged by a community theater. This program from the event has portrait photos of all of the actors in the production as well as two staged photos in the back of some of the actors in Star Trek uniforms.

Cast

See the cast here, Archived version.

Program Book

The play's program book is 16 pages long and its size is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2.