SAPA (Scarborough Academy of Performing Arts) is Scarborough’s non-profit performing company that trains the actors that portray our Royal Court, Villagers, and Peasants. They go through 8 Saturdays and Sundays of classes prior to Scarborough Renaissance Festival’s opening and then entertain our guests for another 8 weekends of the festival. Many of the performers also do programs for schools, libraries, and other organizations year around.
Auditions for the 2024 season will take place in mid-January.
Performers at the Festival wear a medallion bearing the symbol of the season.
This medallion will allow you, our guests, to distinguish the performers from the visitors.
SAPA Shows
- Cannon Drill
- Clash of Champions
- Country Dance
- Court Dance
- Good Morrow, Scarborough!
- Historic Weapons Demo
- Historical Tour
- Knighting Ceremony
- Maypole Dance
- Name That Sonnet
- Pub Sing (Sea Hag Stage)
- Robin Hood “Charity” Show
- School of Court Dance
- Stool Ball
- The Verbal Joust
- Whose Jest Be It?
2022 Scarborough Academy of Performing Arts photo taken by Drew Timmons.
2023 Scarborough Renaissance Festival SAPA Staff
PERFORMING COMPANY DIRECTORS Bryan Jakubik - Director
Mick Moreau - Assistant
Michelle McLaren - Cast Advocate
Patrick Razack - Assistant Cast Advocate
Dakota Keeton - Director
Elfie Fuentes-Schilling
Billy Griffith
David Mars
Aleeya Taylor
Emily Williams
Ryan Daniel - Director
Robert Kowalewski II
Elijah Mellish
Michelle McLaren
Caryl Morris
BillyAnn Litteken - Director
Kei Lokason
Autumn Rose
Eli Sanders
Emrys Savage
Billy Scott
Janna Zepp - Director
Linda Koerber
Dan Kostelec
Kirby Pearce
Marrilynn Ready
Brad H. Stewart
Christina Clark - Director
Caitlin Casey
Amanda Hicks
Jen Hornbuckle
Danielle St. John
Caitlin Casey - Director
Ann Rodriguez
Kirby Pearce
David Saldivar - Fight Director
Danielle St. John - Stage Combat Intern
Novie Bowden - Clash of Champions Fight Captain
Courtney Martin - Director
Autumn Rose
Holly Williams
Robert Kowalewski II - Lead
Novie Bowden
Ash Peterman
Patrick Razack
David Saldivar
Robert Kowalewski II - Director
Michael Allan Cooper - Director
David Mars - Director
Dan Kostelec - Coordinator
Ryan Daniel - Director
BillyAnn Litteken - Director
Kirby Pearce - Director
Irene Blackburn - Support
Kei Lokason - Director
Robert Kowalewski II - Director
Davita Harless - Coordinator
Caryl Morris - Director
Mick Moreau - Coordinator
Billy Scott - Coordinator
Christina Clark - Director
Novie Bowden - Coordinator
Autumn Rose - Director
David Mars - Coordinator
Elijah Mellish – Coordinator
Dakota Keeton - Director
Anna Allison - Director
Irene Blackburn
Jen Hornbuckle - Director
Donovan Jones
2023 Scarborough Academy of Performing Arts Cast
| Cast Member | Character | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Allison | Sybil Willoughby | Baroness Willoughby |
| Irene Blackburn | Danu | Celtic Goddess - Mother Earth |
| Abigail Bouska | Beatrix Merriwether | Stationaire |
| Novie Bowden | Latimer Fairfield | Captain of the Seahawk & Baron Suscerland |
| Apryl Bromm | Wynifride Follywoll | Beekeeper |
| Lacey Bruner | Honor Grenville | Viscountess Lisle |
| Saphira Buchanan | Glory Miller | Proprietress of Miller's Menageries & Alleged Fence |
| Trudi Buchanan | Cecily Chandler | Chandler |
| Rita Callens | Jessenia Deya | Romani Musician |
| Caitlin Casey | Nimue | Queen of the Fae |
| Lashaune Cash | Euphemia Ruthven | Baroness Ruthven |
| Christina Clark | Emma Fysher | Counselor at Large, Proprietress of the Kross Keyes |
| Ripley Coon | Penelope Graves | Mourner |
| Michael Allan Cooper | Gerard Knyvett | Earl of Buckenham |
| Asher Currens | Keifer O'Sowlevan | Tinker |
| Ryan Daniel | John Russell | Baron Bedford |
| Mariana Davila | Claude de Saint-Leu | Chatelaine of the Rookery |
| Xander Davila | Ambrose Knyvett | Apothecary |
| Ryan Denney | Belenos | Lord of Light, The Shining One |
| Zero DuHaime | Basil Bleake | Undertaker & Alleged Smuggler |
| Matthew Duvall | Captain Erasmus Fleet | Merchant Adventurer & Captain of Alacrity |
| Elisabeth Eno | Frances Roth | Cartographer |
| Elfie Fuentes-Schilling | Antónia Constança Gonçalves de Almeida | Oficiais da navegação |
| Zachary Gibson | Morgan Hovard | Boatswain's Mate on the Seahawk |
| Parker Glick | Isolda Bleake | Gardener |
| Billy Griffith | Ugor Brimstone | Fae Ambassador |
| Bobby Griffith | Bartholomew Rush | Captain of the Town's Watch |
| LT Hammonds | Eros | Beastmaster of the Fae |
| Davita Harless | Eliza Scribner | Scribe |
| Kat Harless | Margaret Neville | Lady in Waiting to Queen Katheryn |
| Amanda Hicks | Eleanor "Nell" Turner | Lady Bread |
| Jared Holt | Jeaques de la Rouche | Marquis de Champagne |
| Jen Hornbuckle | Gertrude 'Dirty Gertie' Lowe | Licensed Beggar |
| Bryan Jakubik | Robert Thorpe | Lord High Solicitor |
| Dakota Keeton | Jayme Rooke | Lord Mayor |
| Linda Koerber | Bernice Brokebank | Lady Banks |
| Robert Kowalewski II | Angus "Boomer" MacPaiden | Cannoneer |
| John Lee | Miles Turner | Lord Portal |
| BillyAnn Litteken | Anne Parr Herbert | Keeper of the Queen's Jewels |
| Kei Lokason | Alistair Connolly | Harbour Pilot |
| David Mars | Sir Anthony Denny | Groom of the Stool |
| Courtney Martin | Charlotte Emerson | Wool Merchant's Wife |
| Rae Mayes | Edward Fysher | Blacksmith |
| Jennifer McCormick | Jacqueline 'Lily' Duvivier | Poet |
| Kathleen McCurry | Sharon Pomme Frites | Tart . . . Seller |
| Michelle McLaren | Zemi Zagvori | Tart . . . Seller |
| Elijah Mellish | Bakari Boardman | Pilot's Mate on the Seahawk |
| Bailey Montoya | Josceline Mordaunt | Cheesemonger |
| Mick Moreau | Henry Tudor VIII | King of England, Ireland, & France |
| Caryl Morris | Una McSweeney | Dance Mistress & Matchmaker |
| Jonathan Moya | Rhys Atwood | Woodward |
| Conner Nemer | Rian O'Carrol | Captain of the Crown's Guard |
| Kirby Pearce | Vivian Bloode | Lady Chesterfield |
| Ash Peterman | Edith Fleet | Siege Engineer |
| Audrey Procsal | Owen Percy | Lieutenant of the Crown's Guard |
| Patrick Razack | Ichabod Krane | Monster Hunter |
| Marrilynn Ready | Rosemary Monkshood | Apothecary |
| Chrystal Rhone | Levina Sage | Governess |
| Ann Rodriguez | Antoinette Genevieve de la Coeur | Duchesse de Champagne |
| Autumn Rose | Gabrielle Miller | Baroness Whitby |
| Tori Routon | Wysteria | Champion of the Fae |
| Eli Sanders | Gyles Ravenscroft | Rector of Scarborough |
| Emrys Savage | Islwyn ap Rhydderch | Forrester |
| Billy Scott | Jackob Tanner | Tanner |
| Patrick Southerland | Jean-Baptiste Toussiant | Lookout aboard Alacrity |
| Danielle St. John | Veronica da Venezia | Venetian Courtesan |
| Brad H. Stewart | James Hamilton | Duke of Châtellerault |
| Kelly Strickland | Mabel Touchet | Fur Merchant |
| Sumera Syed | Anne Stanhope | Viscountess Beauchamp |
| Aleeya Taylor | Kathryn Fleet | Shipwright |
| Jolie Taylor | Eleanor Hyde | Lady in Waiting to Baroness Whitby |
| Alexa Teel | Katherine "Kitt" Rooke | Marshal |
| Bill Teel | Charles Brandon | Duke of Suffolk |
| Noa Telisak | Percival Graves | Stableboy & Alleged Smuggler |
| William Trenda | Jack Pole | Dockworker |
| Alex Duhaime | Rowland Hyde | Soap Merchant |
| Barbara Webb | Megs | Retired Beggar |
| Ash Whispersteppe | Alenushka Novikov | Baroness of the Grand Duchy of Moscow |
| Emily Williams | Niamh McIntyre | Caulker aboard the Angel of Grief |
| Holly Williams | Nya Aishling | Undine |
| Branden Winn | Marus Binkas | Quartermaster aboard Alacrity |
| Cooper Wiseman | Declan O'Connell | Cooper |
| Janna Zepp | Katheryn Parr | Queen of England, Ireland, & France |
Scarborough Waites
| Cast Member | Character |
|---|---|
| Donovan Jones | Victor Donovan - Ensamble Leader |
| Bryce Fleeman | Bartholomew Lapsley |
| Christina Perez | Marie Brooke |