Mary Lou Turbine Play

"Mary Lou Turbine: Space CowGirl" live performance section. Mary Lou Turbine is making a comeback with the J-65 Robot in the live action: "Robot Adventure" currently in pre-production.

Mary Lou Turbine and J-65 start a new adventure in this short live action show with brand new props & visual effects. Mary Lou has to locate J-65 on Planet Earth before the Bounty Hunter "DragonFly" finds them first. They also have dealings with strange humans including the S.O.B. (Secret Organization of Black).

"Mary Lou Turbine: Space CowGirl" the one act play performed at FronteraFest Austin, Texas January 2005.

"Last we heard, Mary Lou was on her way to the Xyrene system to track down the whereabouts of her partner and close friend Jack. On board the deep space Galactic West transport shuttle, Mary Lou takes a moment to collect her thoughts in the lounge area of the ship..." The opening narration to the one act play performed at the Hyde Park theater for FronteraFest 2005.

Mary Lou Turbine and Galactic West Captain Murphy costumes designed and built by John P. Funk. John bought a sewing machine and with a quick lesson by his friend Carol, was on his way to making the intricate Mary Lou costume. It took John a week to make the MLT costume from scratch, the captain's costume was Air Force flight suit (previously used for John's orignal custom Boba Fett costume) with hand made insignias and personal communcation props.

"Mary Lou Turbine: Space CowGirl" live show Production crew credits:

Mary Lou Turbine: Space CowGirl - Written, Directed and Produced by John patrick Funk

Mary Lou Turbine: Andrea VanEpps

Captain Murphy: Dan Murphy

Narrator: Philip Fulton

Video Projection: Lisa Hayes

Video Recording: David Chang

Prod. Assist: Charmaine Gernale

Publicity: Barbara Fellman

Costumes, Music, Props, Lighting, Computer Graphics & Set Design: John P. Funk

Special thanks to: FonteraFest, Jennifer Hamilton and Christy Moore, Hyde Park Theatre, Austin Actors.Net, Dan Eggleston, Carol Mizelle, SGI-USA Austin Buddhist Organization, all of the family and friends of the cast and crew.

Production crew dinner party at Zen's. From left to right: Andrea, Dan, Charmaine, Lisa, John, and Phillip.

Mary Lou Turbine hand made props including a Space Backpack, Personal ID badge, Journal (with graphics and play script cheat sheets) and custom made acrylic lounge table. The Hula girl is a childhood reminder of MLT's magical vacation with her family and is a symbol of hope for her future family.

john@cozmicfunk.com