briansholden:

Team StarKid at LeakyCon 2012 (x)

storyboard:

A Very StarKid Harry Potter Fandom Celebration

On August 11, a variety of intertwined pilgrimages converged at the Hilton Chicago. One group of performers had come to reunite their college friends and close out a creative chapter in all their lives. At the same time, far-flung fans came to celebrate literary and digitally forged connections in the flesh. And a fan convention strove to redefine itself as more than just a place for a boy wizard (just check out the photos). The linchpin to all this, the reverent word on everyone’s lips, was StarKid.

Read More

storyboard:

Scenes from “A Very Potter Senior Year”

When Team StarKid concluded their Harry Potter fandom tribute trilogy with “A Very Potter Senior Year” at LeakyCon 2012 in Chicago, we talked to both fans and performers about what it all meant. Here are a few photo moments of the scene, and be sure to check out the main story and video.

— Photos by Jeff Cagle

“Darren was the last one in, so he was still at that point where he found everything really funny. So sometimes he would just turn to the person next to him and go ‘this is so funny!’ while on stage. He’d just turn and look at the screen and laugh, and at one point Brian Rosenthal had to smack him on the head because he had to say his lines.” — Nick Strauss, talking about Starkid goof-ups (via colferplz)

frakfraco:

#whynot (Taken with Instagram)

melissaanelli:

Darren did this, I am sure, so I could make a SPLASH on Twitter. (Taken with Instagram)

onelioness:

Flying Darren! at leakyCon!