New York NYRF is looking for some new merchants. They jury products all year round until all booths are filled. Jurying is the process of reviewing and accepting a merchant’s work. If your calendar is clear for the months of August and September and you are skilled in any of these categories, check out the [...]
British Columbia The British Columbia Renaissance Festival is in a bit of a bind. They’re mid-way through rehearsals and have lost a cast member to medical problems. They’ve put a call out for someone who respects weapons and is comfortable around animals. And they need to audition and cast the new actor as soon as [...]
Virginia The Virginia Renaissance Faire is getting ready for the 2009 season and searching for new cast. As part of the process, they’ve scheduled the first round of auditions for March 14 & 15, with a second set of auditions on March 21st. Virginia RenFaire has two types of cast members, those who work from [...]
British Columbia, Canada Up in British Columbia, they’re in the middle of selecting the Ensemble and Villagers for the 2009 BC Renaissance Festival. Prospective cast members audition individually and Christina Carr, Executive Director of the BC Renaissance Festival, told me that she hopes to have everyone selected and roles assigned by the first of the [...]
Florida A casting call has been put up for anyone wanting to audition for the 2009 Bay Area Renaissance Festival season. Seeking performers of all types for the cast of the 2009 Bay Area Renaissance Festival. An interactive improvisational troupe will make up the village characters, filling the lanes and environments of the festival and [...]
Time to start thinking about the upcoming Florida Faire season, that is. Auditions for several shows are scheduled in August. Florida Pirate Festival – August 9, St Petersburg. Check website for full details. For questions or additional information, please email info@piratefair.com or call 1-866-99PIRATE. Sarasota Medieval Faire – August 16 & 17, Sarasota. Check link [...]
The Maritime Pirates are accepting applications for cast members at shows all over New York. Participation requires fast memorization, improvisational skills, street theater and a pirate friendly attitude. You should not be afraid of water, sailing or docks. You should be prepared to handle performing several 15 – 20 minute skits over a 2-4 hour [...]
Auditions for the 2008 Texas Renaissance Festival season are long over (they were in May). Just to keep things interesting, though, and encourage you to try out next year, they’ve added a Renaissance Idol video to the TRF Auditions page on the website. I got quite a chuckle out of it and how you will [...]
Open Auditions: August 16 & 17, 2008 11am- 3pm Sarasota Fair Grounds (to the left of Robarts Arena, across from the DMV) 3000 Ringling Blvd, Sarasota 34237 Shannon Conley, from the Sarasota Medieval Faire Cast Administration, sent me the following information about their auditions: We’re very excited for the upcoming festival and bringing new faces [...]
Received an email from Jessica, they’ve got their website up. She asked me to pass along the following: Wild Rose Renaissance Faire seeks actors for the faire to fun weekends October 4-26. Auditions will be held June 21 and 22 at the faire site 20354 Rt. 957 Columbus PA 16405 from 1-5 p.m. The Faire [...]
The Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival will hold Entertainment Auditions Monday, June 2nd (10 am- 4pm) Tuesday, June 3rd (10 am- 7 pm) Wednesday, June 4th (10 am- 4 pm) They are seeking actors, musicians and specialty acts that fit their “Renaissance Theme”. Stipends and internships are available. Please call Tom Rehn, Entertainment Director, 724-872-1670 for an [...]
Late breaking news, the location for tomorrow’s audition has been changed from St Paul to Shakopee. The following came through as a bulletin from MySpace: The May 17th auditions that were supposed to be in St. Paul have been moved to Shakopee at the Canterbury Inn. Same time 10am-2pm. Pass it along. The guidelines for [...]
I found, as I researched today’s post, that I missed quite a few of the smaller college faires this past week. It’s spring and there may be more that I’ve not found reference to. If you know of one that I miss, please leave a comment with the information. California Auburn, California, will see Cain’s [...]
TRF is calling for cast! Stacy Bakri, Performance Company Assistant Director, posted information regarding auditions on RenaissanceFestival.com yesterday. If you’ve ever wanted to be on cast at the Texas Renaissance Festival, clear your calendar for May 3 or May 10, but make the call to Entertainment Director Jeff Baldwin to schedule your slot, (800) 458-3435 [...]
Minnesota Renaissance Festival holds cast auditions this weekend in Shakopee and Minneapolis. Call the front office for details 800-966-8215. They’ve also posted a bunch of job openings. If you’d ever thought about working for the festival, check their job listings on MySpace.
The New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, New York, has posted information about their upcoming Open Call auditions scheduled for May 2 & 3 at at Ripley-Grier Studios in New York City. Call backs are May 10th. Full details are posted on the Auditions ’08 page of the website. The Faire runs August 2 thru [...]
This didn’t get added to the Looking Forward post yesterday, but I wouldn’t want anyone to miss the chance to audition. Our thanks again to the Renaissance Faires blog for posting the original information: The 2008 Fishers Renaissance Faire is seeking volunteers to perform in living chess matches at the Fishers Renaissance Faire on Oct. [...]
There are lots of things happening this weekend. You’ll see many a first greeting or parting hug as performers audition for upcoming casts and Faires open or close the gates for the season. Auditions: The Shakespeare and Friends Renaissance Faire auditions occur on Friday, March 28, 2008 at 6:00pm on the Eastern Tennessee State University [...]
Gregor’s Crossing coordinator, Chelle Cartier, posted a notice at RenaissanceFestival.com over the weekend which included the following information regarding auditions: Anyone else interested in being part of the faire at this point we are looking at buskers to fill in areas or anyone interested in volunteering as street performers. Meg (Tartan Terrors) will be handling our auditions [...]
Auditions for the 2008 interactive improvisational troupe of the Sterling Renaissance Festival will take place as follows: SYRACUSE: Thursday, March 27th from 7 PM to 10 PM at: Syracuse Stage, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY; Room 243. Open call, sign-up starts at 7 PM and ends at 9 PM. Call back same day. PHILADELPHIA: Sunday, [...]
Renaissance Faires reported the King Richard’s Faire audition schedule on March 18. Auditions will be held Saturday, April 12th atThe Perishable Theatre 95 Empire Street, Providence, RI AND Sunday, April 13h at Boston Center for the Arts 527 Tremont Street –Arts Resource Room, Boston, MA For Appointments & More Information Please Call: (952) 238-9915 Or [...]
The Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival announced open auditions for the cast March 29th and April 12th, 2008 at 1:00pm – 3:00pm at Captain Hooks Food & Spirits in Frankenmuth, Michigan. For further audition information contact Wendy. Merchant, foood vendor, and entertainment applications are available for download from their “Join Us” page. Mid-Michigan Renaissance Festival will celebrate [...]
Auditions & Job Fairs: Geulph Faery Festival in Ontario, Canada, will hold open auditions on Monday, March 17th. Workshops: Multi Guild Workshop Weekends are two-day events held in Central California, (Ventura County) two to three times a year. Reenactment groups from all over come together to forge new relationships, provide great hands on education, and [...]
January 30, 2008 The Kentucky Highland Renaissance Festival announced two new shows for their 2008 season. The Dark Knights Joust and Fratelli, both productions of Cavallo Equestrian Arts of Davenport, Florida, have videos on the Festival’s home page. Check them out, looks like a couple of great shows! The Food Network’s “Dinner Impossible – Medieval [...]
I’m gonna’ cheat just a bit and start this week’s Looking Forward with Friday, though Feb 1st was covered last week too. February 1-3 Hoggetowne Medieval Faire will once again open the gates for visitors to come in to the shire. Saturday and Sunday are predicted to be nice but Weather.com has thunderstorms set for Friday before noon. [...]
FaireNews.com was onsite this past weekend for the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire in Gainesville, Florida. Light rain kept the crowds small on Saturday but Sunday’s bright clear weather resulted in a good turnout. Parking was a bit of a challenge, the ground having been left slick by the rain and early comers relegated to the furthest parking areas. [...]
Despite winds that flattened some tents during the week, everything was back in order and the Kiwanis/Lee County Medieval Faire went on as scheduled on January 19 & 20. A casting call was held for the Kentucky Renaissance Festival. Good luck to all those who made it out to audition in the freezing weather. Check their forums if you’re interested in what’s going on [...]
