Pictures from the 2009 New England Pirate Faire

We'll be posting more over the next few weeks, but here are a few of our favorites!

Sara O'Hara of the musical group "The Bawdy Buccaneers" fraternizes with the Pirate King Captain Benjamin Hornigold (David Stickney).



Scheming villains Ned Lowe and Thomas Veal plot their vengeance on the Pirate Council.


Onlookers and patrons of the 2009 New England Pirate Faire judge the Adult costume contest - tough competition!



Visitors from all over the Cape Ann area and beyond came to experience the local nautical flavor.


All photos courtesy of George Courage

2009 New England Pirate Faire Schedule of Events

Hi folks!

If you're looking for more information about this weekend's New England Pirate Faire, you have indeed come to the right place. Huzzah!

Our schedule includes acts for our interactive play, various planned activities and events, and performances by our world-class variety acts.



10: Festival Opens

10:30: Bawdy Bawdy Buccaneers on the Grotto
Gathering Clouds (First Act)on the Shipwreck Stage

11: Rosalita's Puppets on the Grotto
Pirate Pub Sing & Arrival of Captain Ned Lowe and First Mate Thomas Veal

11:30: Wonderfool on the Action Stage
A Change in the Weather (Second Act)on the Harborside Stage

12: Project Gangplank on the Action Stage
Royal's Magic on the Grotto
Blackbeard's Boat Arrives on the Beach
The Brigands

12:30: Pirate Checkers on the Acton Stage
Bawdy Buccaneers at the Grotto
Captain Hornigold's Roast at the Harborside Stage

1: Pirate's Parade

1:05: The Storm Breaks (Third Act) at the Action Stage
Rosalita's Puppets on the Grotto

1:30: Wonderfool at the Action Stage
Royal's Magic on the Grotto
Secret Pirates' Meeting at the Harborside Stage

2: Aftershocks (Fourth Act) at the Action Stage
The Brigands at the Harborside Stage

2:30: The Bawdy Buccaneers at the Grotto
Join Blackbeard's Crew at the Shipwreck Stage
Musket and Cannon Demonstration at the Harborside Stage

3: Rosalita's Puppets at the Grotto
Crosswinds (Fifth Act) at the Harborside Stage

3:30 Wonderfool at the Action Stage
Royal's Magic at the Grotto
Project Gangplank, Jr. at the Shipwreck Stage

4: The Storm Concluded (Sixth Act) at the Action Stage
The Brigands at the Harborside Stage

4:30 The Storm Concluded (continued) at the Acton Stage

5: The Final Revels

Volunteers needed for postering efforts

Hi there,

If you are in the North Shore/Greater Boston area and can help us in our postering efforts for the New England Pirate Faire on June 20 and 21 at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, please call David at 781-346-1028 or email us at pastimes_david@yahoo.com. We are looking for posters to hit Salem, Saugus, Newburyport, Greater Boston and other areas.

Also, and this is an exclusive for our blog readers: there will be a pirate press conference held in Gloucester with the likes of Anne Bonney, Blackbeard, Jack Rackham, Ned Lowe and more infamous characters.

Other exciting things on the horizon

Yes, it's true. Blackbeard, Black Sam Bellamy, Ned Lowe, Anne Bonney and Mary Read are all getting ready to meet for the Pirates' Council this month in Gloucester.

We are very excited about the show we're putting on, and we are filling up with vendors fast!

In additional news, we have confirmed that Wonder Fool, Rosalita's Puppets, the Bawdy Buccaneers and the Brigands will all be performing at the New England Pirate Faire on June 20-21 at Stage Fort Park.

Please be sure to visit our event listing on Facebook to see the latest pictures of our rehearsals.

Also, a special note: Happy Birthday to my son Arthur today!

Vendors Sought

Hi there,

We are indeed looking for vendors for our upcoming New England Pirate Faire in Gloucester. So if you have some wares to sell or some vittles to vend, please contact us at pastimesvendors@gmail.com.

The annual production will be held on June 20 and 21 and will feature a scripted daylong storyline with several interactive scenes.

In addition to the interactive production, the festival will also feature entertainers from all over New England, a Human Checkers tournament and a children’s costume contest.

The two-day event will be held on June 20 and June 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for students, seniors and guests with a military ID and $8 for children 4-12.

Pirates are coming soon...

We apologize for the long delay in posting.

We have been *super busy* getting ready for our June 20-21 New England Pirate Faire in Gloucester!

Rehearsals are underway - and if you haven't already, please check out our event listing on Facebook!

There will be something - truly - for everyone at this weekend event.
Some of history's most famous (and infamous) swashbucklers, buccaneers, and scalawags have laid a course for Stage Fort Park, which will host a historic meeting of the Pirates' Council this
June.

Join Black Sam Bellamy, Ned Lowe, Stede Bonnet, Calico Jack Rackham, Anne Bonney, Mary Read, the scheming George and Rachel Wall, and thenotorious Edward "Blackbeard" Teach for a day of action, adventure, treasure, and treachery at the 2009 New England Pirate Faire!

2009 Auditions for Pastimes' New England Pirate Faire, upcoming stage shows and 2009 Corporate events

Pastimes Entertainment will be holding open auditions for both their corporate and theatrical casts on Sunday April 5 at the Gloucester House in Gloucester, Mass.

Auditions will be held from 10 a.m. until 5 PM and by appointment only.

Pastimes is seeking friendly, professional, high-energy performers for their theatrical ensemble casts for the New England Pirate Faire and other planned staged shows for the 2009 season. These shows combine scripted plot-based scenes with improvised audience interaction (“street theater”) to create a unique and engaging form of theater.

Pastimes Entertainment’s corporate cast provides unique and dynamic performers for corporate and private events, themed dinners, and much more. Pastimes works with the northeast’s top event planners and venues to produce events running the gamut from costumed “interactors” for cocktail receptions to full productions with custom-designed scripts, music, and dancing.

Pastimes is seeking flexible, creative performers of all ages and disciplines with strong interactive, improvisational, and comedic skills. Pastimes is particularly interested in strong male hero and ingénue types, as well as female ingénues and character actresses. We also seek actors of color and diverse ethnicity.

In addition to principal cast performers, Pastimes is seeking unique and unusual variety acts for use in its corporate and theatrical casts, including period musicians (Middle Ages through Colonial America and beyond), magicians, jugglers, dancers, sword-swallowers, jesters, acrobats, and more.

All ages and all skill levels are welcome to audition. Headshots and résumés are recommended but not required. Actors auditioning for corporate work or cast roles should prepare no more than two brief monologues. Individuals or groups auditioning as a variety act should prepare a five-minute presentation.

For more information or to make an appointment, contact Executive Director Paul Stickney at cardinalcs@aol.com or call the Pastimes office at 781 233-8081.

Pastimes Interactive is a family-owned independent theater company. Pastimes’ corporate division provides interactive performers for private functions and educational youth programs, while Pastimes’ theatrical division produces family-friendly stage plays and Renaissance faire-style shows.