Season 1 (2024): BARDCORE

CAST

Alyssa James (mother / land at Theatre Row) as Monarch

Charlie Foster (THE GARCIAS on HBO) as Oracle

Leah Getz (World Premiere of LA COCINA) as Jester

Major Curda (KPOP on Broadway) as Knight

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.

  • Director- Melissa Lewyn

    Lead writer- Neeta Thadani 

    Thursday, April 18, 2024 @ 7pm

  • Director- Maya Davis

    Lead writers- Neeta Thadani and Ellis Stump

    Thursday, April 25, 2024 @ 7pm

  • Director- Lee Melillo

    Lead writers- Duncan Millerand Liv Wilson with contributions by Ben Holbrook

    Thursday, May 2, 2024 @ 7pm

  • Director- Jean Carlo Yunén

    Lead writer- Liv Wilson

    Thursday, May 9, 2024 @ 7pm

  • Director- Nicholas Polonio

    Devised by the ETP Creative Team

    Thursday, May 16, 2024 @ 7pm