Good news for those who, like Miniver Cheevy in the Edwin
Arlington Robinson poem, were
“born too late.” The Northern California Renaissance Faire, in
which a massive team of actors and artisans recreate an English
Renaissance village, will return this autumn to the Casa de Fruta
travel park, where it has been for the past two years.
Good news for those who, like Miniver Cheevy in the Edwin Arlington Robinson poem, were “born too late.”
The Northern California Renaissance Faire, in which a massive team of actors and artisans recreate an English Renaissance village, will return this autumn to the Casa de Fruta travel park, where it has been for the past two years.
The spectacle was endangered, to be sure, after the Renaissance Entertainment Corp. – which produces similar shows in San Bernardino, Chicago and New York – decided to pull the Northern California show.
The company gave the participants notice Oct. 18. By the end of that weekend, vendors and entertainers got together and decided they didn’t want to see the show leave the South Valley. They figured they could run the Faire themselves, and so they formed themselves into a new company, Play Faire Productions.
In May, Play Faire finalized a contract with Casa de Fruta to present the 2004 Faire on Saturdays and Sundays from Sept. 18 to Oct. 24.
The price of an adult admission to the Faire is $20 at the gate, $17.50 in advance via the Faire’s Web site or $15 in a group of 12 or more. For children 5 to 11, the fee is $10. Children younger than 5 get in free.
Details: www.norcalrenfaire.org
