Sure to be a hit with fans and filmmakers alike! Join us for a moderated conversation with writers and stars from some of your favorite Star Trek shows! Get a unique peek the behind the scenes as panelists discuss creating and writing stories for recent shows like Discovery, Prodigy, and Picard. From there, we’ll talk about how they brought them to life with actors from the shows, who’ve embodied some of the most iconic characters in the Trek universe. A Q&A and photo/autograph opportunity with the writers and actors will follow the panel conversation!
Moderated by writer/producer Bill True
Panelists
Michelle Hurd (Star Trek Picard)
Michelle Hurd recently starred as ‘Raffi’ opposite Patrick Stewart for three seasons on the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard. Receiving universal acclaim from critics and fans alike. On the feature side, she starred alongside Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell in the global smash Anyone But You. And the independent film Somewhere in Montana with Graham McTavish. On television, Michelle can soon be seen on the fifth and final season of You for Netflix. Other television credits include “Shepherd” on NBC’s hit drama Blindspot, Lethal Weapon, Ash Vs. Evil Dead, the Marvel Universe series Daredevil and Jessica Jones (“DA Samantha Reyes”), and the A&E summer series, The Glades (“Colleen Manus”). Other television credits include: Walking Dead: Dead City, Pose, Hawaii Five-0, Devious Maids, 90210, Witches of East End, How To Get Away With Murder, Bosch, Mysteries of Laura, Pretty Little Liars, Raising Hope, The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU (“Det. Jeffries”), Gossip Girl, ER, Bones, According To Jim, Law & Order, Smith, Skin, Leap Years, Charmed, The O.C., Kevin Hill, The Practice and Another World. Film credits include On The End, The Designer, 25 Miles To Normal, Where The Wind Blows, The Plus One opposite Cedric The Entertainer, Kemba, Inheritance, Bad Hair opposite Blair Underwood and Vanessa Williams, Being Frank opposite Jim Gaffigan, Be Afraid, We Don’t Belong Here (alongside Catherine Keener and Maya Rudolph), Search Engines, Within The Dark, Girl Most Likely (with Kristen Wiig), Random Hearts, Personals, Double Parked, Wolf and King of New York. Theater credits include: The Dog in the Manger (Shakespeare Theatre Company), AMI (MCC), Getting Away with Murder (Broadway), The Violet Hour (Off-Broadway), Looking for the Pony (Off-Broadway), and 900 Oneonta (Off-Broadway).
Carlos Cisco (Star Trek Discovery)
Carlos Cisco film/television writer and TTRPG designer. He’s written episodes for East Los High and Star Trek: Discovery, as well as having a story by credit on The Black Demon. He has tabletop work that appears in Modiphius’s Star Trek Adventures, Haunted Table’s Triangle Agency, MCDM’s Arcadia, Flee Mortals, and Draw Steel, as well as Critical Role’s two new games, Candela Obscura and Daggerheart. He is a graduate of New Mexico State University’s Creative Media Institute.
Aaron J. Watke (Star Trek Prodigy)
Aaron J. Waltke is an Emmy-winning and Annie-nominated screenwriter, author, executive producer and showrunner in Los Angeles. His work includes Star Trek: Prodigy for CBS Studios, Guillermo Del Toro’s Trollhunters and Wizards: Tales of Arcadia, on Netflix, and the theatrical feature film Transformers One with Paramount, among others.
Bonnie Gordan (Star Trek Prodigy)
Bonnie is an actress, singer, & VO actor based in Los Angeles who prides herself on being a “professional nerd.” Her VO credits include cartoons, video games, & anime such as: Star Trek Prodigy on Nickelodeon/Netflix (Ship Computer, Gillian, & various other roles); Street Fighter V; Fire Emblem series; Cartoon Network’s Mighty Magiswords; Battlestar Galactica Deadlock; MegaMan 11; and many more. You also might recognize her as Paladin Bonnie from the fantasy show called “The Quest” on ABC! As a singer, Bonnie has performed all over the world and just made her West End debut in London as Holly Genaro in Die Hard the Musical this past December! She is currently cast in a new live action sci-fi series set to shoot later this year and can be heard as the voice of the Evil Queen in a new animated Snow White feature film releasing this summer! Follow her @BonnieBellG on all social media.
Kiley Rossetter (Star Trek Picard)
Kiley is a Los Angeles-based film and television writer/producer. She was a staff writer and story editor on seasons two and three of Star Trek: Picard. She has also written on an unannounced Netflix animated series and is in development on a feature for Jamie Lee Curtis’ Comet Pictures. Kiley is currently a co-producer on Paramount+’s upcoming series Starfleet Academy.
