Join the Volunteer Cast of the 2025 Virginia Renaissance Faire!
Central Rappahannock Regional Library Fredericksburg Branch
1201 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Saturday, March 15 from 12:30 – 3:30
Saturday, March 22 from 2:30 – 4:30
Audition Times
You don’t need an appointment, but you should plan on showing up for one of these times.
March 15th: 12:30, 1:30, 2:30
March 22: 2:30, 3:30
We are seeking volunteer performers for the Virginia Renaissance Faire. While this is a non-paid position, the show will provide training in interactive street theater, improvisation, Elizabethan history, dance, public speaking, and engaging an audience through a rigorous 5 weekend rehearsal process (10 days) running from 9:30 am to 3 pm on both Saturdays and Sundays prior to the Faire’s opening day. A portion of this time is also dedicated to site and stage work, setting up the performance area for the show. No prior experience is needed to become a volunteer cast member.
Volunteer cast members are expected to attend most rehearsals and show dates, provide their own period appropriate costuming approved by the Faire’s costume department. We provide some assistance with costuming resources, although volunteers must purchase or create the costuming themselves. While we do have some actors who engage in staged combat during the day, usually this task is reserved for performers who have at least one year’s experience performing on our cast. Qualifying volunteers will receive combat training.
Volunteers must be 16 or older to be on the cast without a guardian present on site during rehearsals and performances. Exceptional volunteer cast members who are younger than 16 will be considered on a case-by-case basis if a guardian also volunteers in the same area of the show as the younger cast member.. Volunteer cast members should have reliable transportation to and from Lake Anna Winery in Spotsylvania, VA, the location of the Virginia Renaissance Faire.
At the audition, auditionees will fill out paperwork and talk to directors about potential areas in which they can volunteer. They will also be asked to provide a short monologue and engage in a few improvisation exercises. The content of the monologue is not important and does not need to be Renaissance-era, but the auditionee can expect to be asked to perform it several different ways with an audience in the round. At the end of the process, if the auditionee is accepted onto cast, they can discuss costuming expectations for the character they will play. New cast rehearsal, your first rehearsal, will be on Saturday March 29 from 9:30 to 3:00 with a location to be determined and distributed on the date of the auditions.
In addition to volunteer cast members, we are also seeking non-costumed volunteers for site work and crew positions in both the preseason and the during the show. For more information, contact us at comeplay@varf.org