LANCE CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Below you can find all scheduled times for meetings, rehearsals, training events, member outings, and much more!
Events in 2018
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The Pirate Show 2018WHEN: September 15, 2016 from 9:30am – 4:00pm
WHERE: The Orlando Science Center, Orlando, Florida This was our third time working with The Orlando Science Center! We performed a show in the main theater as well as provided ambiance for the event, and we also had an information and activities booth in a huge room filled with dinosaurs! Our show, directed by Ric Garcia with fight direction by E.J. Younes, featured a retiring pirate captain and a tournament for which of the crew would take her place in the top spot. Filled with stunts, surprises, and stage combat, and played by a cast of silly sea-faring characters, this show brought delight to audience members of all ages in the Orlando Community! |
THE HOGGETOWNE MEDIEVAL FAIREWHEN: January 27th and 28th 2018; February 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 2018
WHERE: The Alachua County Fairgrounds, Gainesville, Florida FACEBOOK PAGE The Hoggetowne Medieval Faire is a Florida institution, and many LANCE Members grew up attending and performing in this Gainesville faire. It was, therefore, with great pride that LANCE was back to perform as Hoggetowne's Gate Guard, greeters and hecklers extraordinaire, by welcoming patrons into the faire and eliciting a chuckle or two along the way! Our cast of six were as follows: Heather Walker, AJ Harrett, TJ Cleary, Kim Welch, Ric Garcia, and Taylor Hoffmanns, with our Stage Manager, Kevin Taylor. We hope to be a part of the Hoggetowne experience again next year. |
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EVENTS IN 2017
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Orlando Renaissance FestivalWHEN: December 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2017
WHERE: Bill Frederick Park at Turkey Lake, Orlando, Florida Another wonderful weekend at the Orlando Renaissance Festival has come and gone, and LANCE Orlando could not be prouder of our intrepid, resourceful, and talented cast and crew! LANCE has been so honored to headline the faire for two years running, and we look forward to expanding our relationship with ORF in the years to come. |
THE PIRATE SHOWWHEN: September 16, 2016 from 9:30am – 4:00pm
WHERE: The Orlando Science Center, Orlando, Florida This was our second time working with The Orlando Science Center! We performed a show in the main theater as well as provided ambiance for the event, and we also had an information and activities booth in a huge room filled with dinosaurs! Our show, directed by Elizabeth Weisstein with fight direction by Michael Corinella and script consultation from Heidi Bromund, featured a retiring pirate captain and a tournament for which of the crew would take her place in the top spot. Filled with stunts, surprises, and stage combat, and played by a cast of silly sea-faring characters, this show brought delight to audience members of all ages in the Orlando Community! We're so excited to be back next year! |
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LANCE SUMMER TRAININGWHEN: June 3rd through July 16th, 2017 from 10:00am – 2:00pm
WHERE: Cypress Grove Park, Orlando, Florida FACEBOOK PAGE LANCE Orlando geared up for our busy season with seven weeks of combat and character training! Our training schedule whipped everyone into shape, and our company strove to be an open, welcoming community for creatives, performers, and weekend warriors! Auditions for both the pirate show at the Orlando Science Center in September or the living chess match at the Orlando Renaissance Festival in December were coming up fast, and for performers who wished to have fighting roles in the show, Summer Training was huge advantage! We welcomed a ton of new people to our troupe, and even promoted one of our Trainers in Training, TJ Cleary, to Lead Trainer during Summer Training 2017! |
KING LEARWHEN: May 13th, 14th, 15th. 20th, 21st, and 22nd, 2017; Saturdays at 2:00pm, Sundays and Mondays at 7:30pm
WHERE: Osceola Arts Studio Theatre, Kissimmee, Florida FACEBOOK PAGE King Lear opens in ancient Britain, where the elderly King Lear is deciding to give up his power and divide his realm amongst his three daughters, Cordelia, Regan, and Goneril. Directed by Beau Mahurin. LANCE Trainer and stage combat veteran Charles Hale represented LANCE on King Lear's Production Team as the show's Stage Combat Choreographer. We were so excited to work with this excellent group of creatives to present one of Shakespeare's most acclaimed tragedies!
The show was truly a work of art, and both the cast and crew did an incredible job with such difficult subject matter. We look forward to working with these talented people for years to come! |
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Setting the Scene
The foolish antics of the Fair Folk have been wilder than usual as the Faerie King and Queen are once again at odds with each other, leaving their subjects to run amok. Tired of being the target of faerie mischief, the humans of the realm have decided to take matters into their own hands. Hoping to rebuild peace between their peoples, Queen Titania and her courtiers are invited by the human’s leader Flynn to a grand feast. Offended at being left out, King Oberon crashes the party with his retinue. The humans have no choice but attempt to reconcile the quarreling couple in order to achieve their peace. A Feast of Fools was a great success! We not only sold out, we oversold the event, selling the seats of the no-shows to people who arrived after the event started and didn't have tickets. Congratulations to the cast and crew of A Feast of Fools on a job well done!
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A Feast Of FoolsWHEN: April 28th, 2017 from 7:00pm – 10:00pm
WHERE: The Cloak & Blaster, Orlando, Florida FACEBOOK PAGE Once again, LANCE Orlando partnered with The Cloak & Blaster, Orlando's geekiest gaming pub, for an evening of feasting and tomfoolery in honor of April Fools' Day! |
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The HoggeTowne Medieval FaireWHEN: January 28th and 29th, 2017; February 3rd, 4th, and 5th, 2017
WHERE: The Alachua County Fairgrounds, Gainesville, Florida FACEBOOK PAGE The Hoggetowne Medieval Faire is a Florida institution, and many LANCE Members grew up attending and performing in this Gainesville faire. It was, therefore, with great pride that LANCE performed as Hoggetownes's Gate Guard, greeters and hecklers extraordinaire, by welcoming patrons into the faire and eliciting a chuckle or two along the way! Our cast of five were as follows: AJ Harrett, Michael Corinella, Charles Hale, Ric Garcia, and Heather Walker. We also had a few production assistants to help out during the day: Marissa Kraatz, Liz Burke, and Casey Robbins. Thank you to our dedicated cast and crew for a successful first show at Hoggetowne! |
EVENTS IN 2016
The Orlando Renaissance FestivalWHEN: December 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 2016
WHERE: Bill Frederick Park at Turkey Lake, Orlando, Florida FACEBOOK EVENT The Orlando Renaissance Festival's inaugural year was a great success, and LANCE was there for all the fun! Our very first chessboard at our very first faire was a smash hit! The audience (mercifully) laughed at our corny jokes and cheered as LANCE fighters dueled for their squares. Here's a brief synopsis of the show: In Orlando, the City Beautiful, Lady Gabrielle got a lot more that she bargined for when she invited two warring houses to a festival for peace talks. Instead of reasoned discussion, King Henry VI and Queen Margaret, along with the King's powerful and soldierly brother Edmund Tudor, squared off against rebel nobles led by Richard, the Duke of York, and his clever wife Cecily in a rousing game of living chess. Our War of the Roses-themed show was one that none of us at LANCE will ever forget! We are grateful to the show's production team and to all those volunteers without whom this show would not have been possible!
We would also like to thank the event organizers, including Kira Phillips and Larry Rabin, for all of their hard work. We look forward to many years of partnership between our two companies. Every challenge is a learning opportunity, and it has been an honor to learn and grow with you. Stay tuned for more pictures and links to character descriptions, the show proposal, and more!
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Poster Design by Jeremy Johnson
Thanks to Juan Diaz and Pedro Flores for the footage, and thanks to Marissa Kraatz for editing this video together! You're all amazing!
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Medieval Trivia NightWHEN: November 10th, 2016 from 8:00pm – 11:00pm
WHERE: The Cloak & Blaster, Orlando, Florida The Cloak & Blaster generously partnered with LANCE for an evening of trivia themed after the Middle Ages in honor of LANCE's upcoming performance at The Orlando Renaissance Festival. The characters there to entertain patrons during trivia included Duke de la Pole, Jasper Tudor and his sister Mags, Richard "Warwick the Kingmaker" Neville, Queen Margaret of Anjou, Duchess Cecily Neville and her husband Richard Plantagenet. During the night, LANCE raffled off some merch and a few tickets to the festival. A good time was had by all! Special thanks to Charles Hale for taking point on organizing the evening, and thank you to all ORF2016 cast members who took time out of their busy lives to be silly and do some shameless self-promoting at The Cloak & Blaster! |
PIRATE PRESENTATIONWHEN: September 17, 2016 from 8:45am – 4:00pm
WHERE: The Orlando Science Center, Orlando, Florida FACEBOOK EVENT This was our first time working with The Orlando Science Center, and we loved the experience. Their staff was so helpful and kind to us, especially since we'd never done an event like the Pirate Presentation before. We had two shows and an information booth in a huge room filled with dinosaurs! Our show, directed by AJ Harrett, featured a retiring pirate captain and a tournament for which of the crew should take his place in the top spot. Filled with stunts, surprises, and stage combat, and played by a cast of silly sea-faring characters, this show brought delight to audience members of all ages in the Orlando Community! We'll definitely be back next year! Watch the full show below! |
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HEAVY SEAS PIRATE FESTIVALWHEN: September 17, 2016 from 6:00pm – 11:00pm
WHERE: The Cloak & Blaster, Orlando, Florida FACEBOOK EVENT The Cloak & Blaster invited LANCE Orlando to mingle with their guests as our scurvy sea dog selves, and to revel in the pirate-y-ness surrounding the important national holiday known as Talk-Like-a-Pirate Day. C&B had specials on pirate brews, and LANCE performers made sure the beer flowed with a near-constant bevvy of toasts! Speaking of, here's a special toast just for friends of LANCE Orlando! May you find true love forever Special thanks to AJ Harrett and Charles Hale for organizing our participation with The Cloak & Blaster's Heavy Seas Pirate Festival!
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A VALENTINE'S DAY TOURNAMENT AND FEASTWHEN: February 12th, 2016 at 7:00PM
WHERE: The Cloak & Blaster, Orlando, Florida FACEBOOK EVENT LANCE performed at The Cloak & Blaster's Valentine's Day Tournament! The feasting and fighting began at 7:00PM on February 12th, 2016, and it was a great success! We sold out all of our seats for the second Cloak & Blaster event in a row! Here's the show synopsis! Just months after the news that her parents had been killed on their way home from a festival, Lady Aurelia has been kidnapped by Lord Urster and his evil henchmen. Now, eager to secure Lady Aurelia’s lands and riches for himself, Lord Urster is forcing her to marry him in, of all places, a wayside tavern. A special thanks goes out to Casey Robbins as the Production Director of the show, Michael Cormier as the Fight Director, and Charles Hale as Stage Manager! Another huge thank you to the lovely cast of the show who worked their butts off to make this the best performance The Cloak & Blaster has ever seen! Guys, I'd say you nailed it!
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EVENTS IN 2015
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THE TOURNAMENT OF FUNDING BANQUETWHEN: November 18th, 2015 at 7:00PM
WHERE: The Cloak & Blaster, Orlando, Florida FACEBOOK EVENT The Cloak and Blaster decided they wanted to throw a medieval feast in our honor, so what better way to celebrate than with a tournament! Our inaugural Tournament of Funding took place at The Cloak and Blaster on November 18th at 7:00PM. There was armed combat, food, drink, and a raffle with prizes! |
Patrons reserved seats for this event at our Royal Tables where they got the best view of the fighting, guaranteed seating, and raffle tickets included! A great time was had by all!
Please check out The Cloak and Blaster’s Facebook Page as well as their website for more information about this amazing gaming pub for geeks!
Please check out The Cloak and Blaster’s Facebook Page as well as their website for more information about this amazing gaming pub for geeks!
JEWETT SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FESTIVALWHEN: June 6th, 2015
WHERE: Jewett School of the Arts, Winter Haven, Florida LANCE participated in the inaugural Medieval Festival at Jewett School of the Arts. Our tournament was the highlight of the event, and the kids loved seeing live stage combat. We look forward to working with JSA again in the future! |
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