Do you have what it takes to be queen?
The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire team is already preparing for its 46th season — and that includes searching for its next Queen Elizabeth I.
Interested actors should send a headshot and resume and a 3-minute video audition package to parenfaire.com/queensubmissions by Sunday, March 1.
The faire’s storyline takes place in the year 1562, when the 28-year-old queen makes her first trip to the Shire of Mount Hope.
“This actor must be energetic, gracious, commanding, and have a wry wit,” according to an informational page on the faire’s website. “Our Queen takes her role very seriously but is able to enjoy and find humor in whatever is thrown on their way.”
Video auditions should include a comedic monologue and a folk song performed a cappella. Applicants are also welcome to submit reels showcasing fight/dance/movement experience, improv/sketch comedy experience and other styles or vocal or instrumental performance.
Want to be part of the faire, but not sure you have “queen energy”? Organizers are also looking for actors to be part of musical, stunt and theatrical performances as part of the Bacchanalian Cast, and actors to bring the working Tudor village to life as part of the Blackfryar Cast. (No prior theater experience is necessary to be part of the Blackfryar Cast.) Bacchanalian Cast auditions take place on Feb. 13, and Blackfryar Cast auditions take place Feb. 22, both in person at Mount Hope Estate. Find more information here.
The 2026 Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire returns to Mount Hope Estate, 2775 Lebanon Road, Manheim, on Saturdays and Sundays (plus select student days) from Aug. 15 to Oct. 25.
Rehearsals begin May 30 for Blackfryar Cast, and July 21 for Bacchanalian Cast and the Queen.
Those with questions about the audition process should email StageMgr@parenfaire.com. For more information about the Renaissance Faire, visit parenfaire.com.
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