AUDITIONS HELD FOR FIRST CAPE MAY (NJ) RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL

Cape May is preparing to host its first ever Renaissance Festival and the planning has been intense. Auditions were held today for the event, which hopes to mix in professional actors with local talent..
"The people you saw today are young people that are gonna be part of the courtiers, the court, and doing some improv with the crowds," explained Barbara Beitel, the executive director of Access to Art, "this is our first audition with them."

Today the group of young actors showed off their skills to see if they have what it takes to make the cut. "This is a little bit different as far as theater goes," said Patrick Mulvaney, who was running the audition.

"It's tricky," said Beitel, "because you have to be able to engage people, you can't be afraid and you have to be snappy in your responses, plus you have to keep in character, keep the language, keep the accent..."

The fair will be held in a field among 40 acres of vineyard, which will be transformed into a makeshift Elizabethan village...

The festival will be held October 2-3. For more information, click here.