{"id":279,"date":"2026-07-30T00:51:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T05:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/?p=279"},"modified":"2026-08-30T21:13:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T02:13:35","slug":"1983-king-richards-faire-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/1983-king-richards-faire-program\/","title":{"rendered":"1983 King Richard\u2019s Faire Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/King-Richards-Faire-Logo-01.jpg\" alt=\"King Richard's Faire Logo\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/King-Richards-Faire-Logo-01.jpg 506w, http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/King-Richards-Faire-Logo-01-300x267.jpg 300w, http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/King-Richards-Faire-Logo-01-150x133.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From a post in the Facebook group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">King Richards Faire\/ BRF Past and Present<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deancalin.com\/pdf\/KRF%20Programs\/1983%20KRF%20Program.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1983-King-Richards-Faire-Thumb-01.jpg\" alt=\"1983 King Richard's Faire\" class=\"wp-image-246\" srcset=\"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1983-King-Richards-Faire-Thumb-01.jpg 120w, http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1983-King-Richards-Faire-Thumb-01-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Click to open program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Oyez, Ahoy and Hello again to Chicago&#8217;s&nbsp;<strong>King Richard&#8217;s Faire<\/strong>&nbsp;Fans! Here is the program for&nbsp;<strong>1983<\/strong>&nbsp;(program scanning courtesy of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/100001256576516\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Kathie Obuchowski<\/a>). This was marketed as the eleventh-year anniversary season. Some items of note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This year&#8217;s scenario was titled, &#8220;<strong>The Pirate&#8217;s Revenge<\/strong>.&#8221; It was written by Russ Tutterow and Katherine J. Amato-von Hemert.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1367321781\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">John Mills<\/a>&nbsp;continued as the artistic director of the show.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1657266652\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Mike Dvorak<\/a>&nbsp;and Katherine Amato-von Hemert were co-entertainment directors<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Crow&#8217;s Nest<\/strong>&nbsp;was created from the old Armory shop, becoming an interactive &#8220;backstage&#8221; area<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;<strong>Little Folks&#8217; Glen<\/strong>&#8221; was carved out of the inner circle with the Rose &amp; Thorn Puppet Theatre performing there. In future seasons it would become The Minstrel&#8217;s Glen<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Mud Pit<\/strong>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<strong>Gallows&nbsp;<\/strong>were located in the north section of the New Market area near where a fencing ring was located the previous year<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The stage in the southwest corner of the faire was dedicated to&nbsp;<strong>RogueOafanFool<\/strong>; it had been a puppet theater stage previously<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">King Richard was played by Phillip Bowman and Queen Katherine was played by Barbara Burinski<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/694054109\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Richard Weber<\/a>&nbsp;makes his first appearance as&nbsp;<strong>Sir Percival Degag\u00e9<\/strong><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/777543999\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Jose Granados<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1224744836\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Douglas Kondziolka<\/a>&nbsp;had several, principal roles in this year&#8217;s scenario<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Several principal members of the ensemble &#8220;fight cast&#8221; were non-<strong>Ring of Steel<\/strong>&nbsp;members, notably&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/100009308194927\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Gary Boeck<\/a>&nbsp;and Tony Wright<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The&nbsp;<strong>Don Juan &amp; Miguel Show<\/strong>&nbsp;was an act this year with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/100002170173569\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Donna Goforth<\/a>&nbsp;as part of the group, as well as a member of the&nbsp;<strong>Pirates&nbsp;<\/strong>group<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Sungarden\u00a0<\/strong>was a musical act performing this year. Several other musicians of note were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1465426924\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Jacquie Blevins Manning<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1100195281\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Marilyn Middleton Mellor<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1372465235\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Jim Lillquist<\/a>, Dave Landreth, Diane Ippel and Rob Middleton<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1100896773\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Brian Leo<\/a>&nbsp;directed Madrigals by Command<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There was a regularly scheduled Mud Show this year with a regular cast including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/100003305142432\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">John Goodrich<\/a>, Conrad Warren, Tim Goforth, Ross Salinger, and John C. Hueben. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1155996633\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Rush Pearson<\/a>\u00a0was either not with the troupe this season or was not credited in the program.)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TomMorello\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=kK-R\">Tom Morello<\/a>\u00a0(of <em>Rage Against the Machine<\/em> fame) played Oliver Osborne in\u00a0<strong>The Troupe<\/strong><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Frank Harnish<\/strong>&nbsp;returned to play William Shakespeare<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/100000606890035\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Clifford Spenger<\/a>&nbsp;and Mary Spenger were back this year<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Singing Executioners<\/strong>&nbsp;entertained this year<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/518879486\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Danny Lord<\/a>&nbsp;is billed as Rolo Polo &#8220;The Crazed Spiceman from the Orient&#8221; for the first time<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/100003305142432\/?__cft__[0]=AZZJUONsEyGzveLq4OX48UWAoGiG74Kdeq_lfzXMCzBznbRfE41dzDv9ZGPKCocvfaOaCfW48z9WXY87EbyUxgIrltQHvEI5m4brINe_NtdpFCahSs0J0qhCdP19hP4W45-mn3cs0cn4mApp8xPt48ox&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">John Goodrich<\/a>&nbsp;directed the&nbsp;<strong>Moonsop Minions<\/strong><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The College of Wizards<\/strong>&nbsp;had four set shows this year<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The&nbsp;<strong>Queen&#8217;s Dance Company<\/strong>&nbsp;appeared this year with several members who would return regularly in later seasons<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The&nbsp;<strong>Hanlon-Lees Action Theatre<\/strong>&nbsp;was the joust troupe this year, replacing Knights of the Silver Sword<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This year&#8217;s schedule featured seven theme weekends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a post in the Facebook group King Richards Faire\/ BRF Past and Present. Oyez, Ahoy and Hello again to Chicago&#8217;s&nbsp;King Richard&#8217;s Faire&nbsp;Fans! Here is the program for&nbsp;1983&nbsp;(program scanning courtesy of&nbsp;Kathie Obuchowski). This was marketed as the eleventh-year anniversary season. Some items of note:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-festivals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":364,"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}