Kilcoyne consented through her tears.Ĭhristine Well of Danbury first went to Sterling Forest 10 years ago. Kilcoyne and absconded with her to the Kissing Bridge, where he proposed - in verse. ![]() Kilcoyne, who was playing a pirate that summer, kidnapped Ms. The Kilcoynes themselves were married there five years ago. The Kilcoynes said that in the last three years they have attended seven weddings of people they met at the fair. ''I initially auditioned back in 1992 because the stage manager that year was the best man at my wedding.'' ''Ren Faire people, present and past, are definitely my closest friends,'' Ms. After a long Saturday of being in character, the actors camp out in Sterling Forest, where they may drink a beer, grill a bite to eat and generally hobnob. The fair also offers performers a close-knit second family. Kilcoyne, a five-year veteran, works in a Hawthorne bookstore. Kilcoyne, a 10-year veteran at Sterling Forest and a member of Actors Equity Association, works as a creative director for a Manhattan marketing concern, while Ms. For nine years the Renaissance Faire has provided her with steady employment without forcing her to give up her day job at a private investment company in Greenwich, where she supervises payroll and pensions. Alford, in fact, earned a master of fine arts degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and studied in London before moving to New York to pursue her acting career. Alford and the Kilcoynes are trained actors with experience ranging from community to professional theater. ''Yes, the costumes are often heavy and hot, but it is the ultimate game of dress-up.'' (Her husband is Tom of Bedlam, otherwise known as Don Kilcoyne.) ''You also learn period language, dialects, have the opportunity to learn stage combat, traditional songs, period dance'' said Ms. ![]() 5., was an opportunity to grow as a performer. Kelly Kilcoyne of Hawthorne, N.J.,, who plays Maid Marian, agreed, saying that the fair, which opened Aug. ''Being onstage with a written script is a cakewalk in comparison.'' ''As a performer it's the greatest challenge imaginable,'' said Ann Alford of Brooklyn, who plays Queen Elizabeth. Who are these performers who usher patrons into a 16th-century hamlet of escapism? Why are they willing, for unprincely pay, to dress in hot and heavy costumes, improvising under the blistering sun or pouring rain, from 10:30 a.m. Not far off two slightly crazed creatures, Thomas of Bedlam and the Faerie Trapper, show visitors the unpredictable nature of humors in disharmony. A few steps farther into Sterling Forest, the first Queen Elizabeth and her courtiers greet her majesty's 21st-century subjects. AT the New York Renaissance Faire here, there is the Fair Maid Marian joining in a hand-to-hand brawl between the forces of Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham.
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