We are a Renaissance acting troupe based in Northern California, since 2004 and were created to perform at the Northern California Renaissance Faire in that year. We became a non-profit in 2007 as the Derbyville Historical Players Reenactment Group, Inc.
Our home is the town of Willingtown at the Northern California Renaissance Faire at Casa de Fruta in Hollister, weekends, mid-September through mid-October every year. For more details, click here to go to their website.
Who We Are
Why we call ourselves the Guild of St Luke
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.
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 Mission Statement
Our Faire
Contact Us
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