As a child, Terese Genecco discovered Star Trek — and while she enjoyed the adventures and the optimism of the show itself, what captured her imagination went deeper. It was William Shatner, the actor: his rhythm, his timing, the sheer range of work he built across decades.

At fifteen, she wrote to him directly, asking him to take her on as her manager and launch her acting career — the beginning of what she now calls the Genecco-Shatner Space-Time Continuum, a decades-long, real-life parallel between her own path and his.

A mutual friend brought actress BarBara Luna to one of Terese's early shows in Hollywood. When Terese realized that "Kirk's Woman/Dr. Marlena Moreau” herself, was in the audience, she stopped her own show to introduce one of her acting idols to the crowd, giving her a five-minute standing ovation. From that night on, Luna became both friend and mentor, helping Terese prepare for Broadway auditions, teaching her the "business of show," and sharing stories from a career that spanned Broadway, film, and television, including her own nightclub act. Decades later, at "Trekonderoga" last summer, Luna personally delivered Terese to "Mr. Bill" at his Captain's Chair.