Season 1 (2024): Bardcore
Alyssa James as Monarch
Melissa Lewyn (Ep 1: Denial)
Neeta Thadani (Ep 1: Denial and Ep 2: Anger)
Theme: Heartbreak
Synopsis: Trouble doth ensue at the Baltimore Area Renaissance Faire when the Monarch and Creative Director impulsively announces the fair is closing and she’s dumping all three of her polyamorous partners. Shocked and heartbroken, her fellow employees and lovers—a depressed jester, toxically chivalrous knight, and metaphysically troubled tarot reader—traverse the five stages of grief as they mourn their utopian summer and relationships, and prepare to re-enter the real world.
Brysen Boyd (Ep 2: Anger)
Cast
Charlie Foster as Oracle
Leah Getz as Jester
Maya Davis (Ep 2: Anger)
Lee Melillo (Ep 3: Bargaining)
Major Curda as Knight
Directors
Jean Carlo Yunén (Ep 4: Depression)
Writers
Ben Holbrook (Ep 3: Bargaining)
Liv Wilson (Ep 4: Depression)
Ellis Stump and Duncan Miller (Ep 5: Acceptance)
Nicholas Polonio (Ep 5: Acceptance)