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Who We Are
We are a Renaissance acting troupe based in Northern California. Our home is the town of Willington at the Northern California Renaissance Faire at Casa de Fruta in Hollister, weekends, between the dates of September 19 - October 18, 2015. For more details, click here to go to their website.
Why do we call ourselves the Guild of St Luke?
St Luke was the patron saint of artists; bachelors; bookbinders; brewers; butchers; doctors; glass makers; glassworkers; gold workers; goldsmiths; lacemakers; lace workers; notaries; painters; physicians; sculptors; stained glass workers; surgeons. Many of these craftsmen made up the "Middle Class" of Elizabethan England, therefore we are called after him.
The members of Saint Lukes portray the "Middle Class" inhabitants of our Elizabethan village. Our characters range from the lower middle class to upper middle class. Among us are merchants, both well-to-do and not, craftsmen, the ostler (innkeeper), the goodwives and various townsfolk, both ordinary and extraordinary, of our village. You will see us roaming the streets entertaining the visitors to our village by performing improv theatre, comedy and drama, country dance, and song.
Our Mission Statement
The Guild of St. Luke is a theatrical and historical re-enactment group focusing on recreating the lives of the merchant, craftsman,and gentry classes of an English Elizabethan village. We seek to educate and entertain the public while developing our own knowledge and understanding of the past.
Our Faire
Northern California Renaissance Faire
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