{"id":287,"date":"2026-07-30T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T06:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/?p=287"},"modified":"2026-08-30T21:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T02:06:17","slug":"1982-king-richards-faire-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2026\/07\/30\/1982-king-richards-faire-program\/","title":{"rendered":"1982 King Richard&#8217;s 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\/1982%20KRF%20Program.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" src=\"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1982-King-Richards-Faire-Thumb-01.jpg\" alt=\"1982 King Richard's Faire\" class=\"wp-image-245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1982-King-Richards-Faire-Thumb-01.jpg 120w, http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1982-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 King Richard&#8217;s Faire Fans! Here is the program for 1982. This was marketed as the ten-year anniversary season. Some items of note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The &#8220;Seven-Part Serial Drama&#8221; scenario was titled, &#8220;<strong>Crisis in the Realm<\/strong>.&#8221; It was written by Katherine J. Amato-von Hemert and Russ Tutterow.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1367321781\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">John Mills<\/a>&nbsp;continued as the artistic director of the show<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This years antagonist was The Evil Sorceress Pandora played by Susan E. Mullen<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">King Richard was portrayed this year by Phillip Bowman, replacing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/100000364577724\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Vaughn Filwett<\/a>&nbsp;who played the king in 1981<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Barbara &#8220;Bodge&#8221; Burinski continued her role as Queen Katherine<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Christopher Adam Wunsch made his first appearance at King Richard&#8217;s Faire. He continued as an ensemble regular<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mary Beth McMahon made her first appearance at King Richard&#8217;s Faire. She continued as an ensemble regular<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/705901749\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Philip Earl Johnson<\/a>&nbsp;(of &#8220;MooNiE the Magnif&#8217;Cent&#8221; fame) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TomMorello\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=kK-R\">Tom Morello<\/a>&nbsp;(of&nbsp;<em>Rage Against the Machine<\/em>&nbsp;fame) played Chancellor&#8217;s Yeomen<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Knights of the Silver Sword<\/strong>&nbsp;was the joust troupe this season<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/518879486\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Danny Lord<\/a>&nbsp;makes his first appearance at KRF as a juggler<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Returning performers this year Lord Chumleigh (Michael Mielnik) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/100000606890035\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Clifford Spenger<\/a>&nbsp;(with Mary Spenger)<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In this year&#8217;s program street characters, musicians and variety acts were crammed into a large paragraph as &#8220;<strong>TOWNSFOLK<\/strong>,&#8221; including a number of notable performers:&nbsp;<strong>Madrigals by Command<\/strong>&nbsp;(possibly directed by Brian Leo),&nbsp;<strong>Puppet Place<\/strong>&nbsp;(possibly with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/671678377\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Chris Sherbak<\/a>&nbsp;and Ray Nelson), Diane Ippel and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1372465235\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Jim Lillquist<\/a>,&nbsp;<strong>Sungarden<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1179101242\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Jim Ellis<\/a>, and others<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There was a second, almost randomly selected group called &#8220;<strong>PEASANTS, SCOUNDRELS, AND VARIOUS UNDERGROUND FIGURES<\/strong>,&#8221; that included Conrad Warren as&nbsp;<strong>King of the Beggars<\/strong>, Tim Goforth as&nbsp;<strong>Lutilah the Leper<\/strong>&nbsp;and others<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/777543999\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Jose Granados<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1224744836\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Douglas Kondziolka<\/a>&nbsp;perform as an act as&nbsp;<strong>Don Juan &amp; Miguel<\/strong><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/100010751882568\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Jerry Spurlock<\/a>&nbsp;makes his first appearance at KRF<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Frank Harnish returns as William Shakespeare<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The&nbsp;<strong>Ring of Steel<\/strong>&nbsp;is prominently featured in the scenario with members that include&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1389469269\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">David Krajec<\/a>,&nbsp;David HB Drake, Brian J. Conrad and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/100007403280370\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Ed Buck<\/a><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1638612563\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Ron Scot Fry<\/a>&nbsp;appears with Keith Boehm as <strong>Pym and Pugnacious<\/strong><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/100003305142432\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1121842990\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Lee Ramey<\/a>&nbsp;(as Dean Ramey) directed the&nbsp;<strong>Thomas Cort Players<\/strong><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The Puppet Place<\/strong>&nbsp;had its own, large stage in the southwest corner of the site<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There was a&nbsp;<strong>Mud Pit<\/strong>&nbsp;where the&nbsp;<strong>Foot Jousting Arena<\/strong>&nbsp;was in 1981. Curiously, the Sturdy Beggars nor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/53784542837\/user\/1155996633\/?__cft__[0]=AZbrg_iOSH25yoWZwwIYIpZIJxyg8NaHgflzhNxoSltZT5rV3Mw20Kk1DsqUZSRqESj5lE8w7o7Xjm3EjRVVbm_5QsaGd88DeBksMxznlaFwDJixziAo2pmAqvXeAEx8It3m_828cv7OASC73wNqEyEq&amp;__tn__=-]K-R\">Rush Pearson<\/a>&nbsp;are listed in the program, but there is a &#8220;<strong>Beggars Mud Show<\/strong>&#8221; listed at 5:30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This year&#8217;s Special Weekends were dovetailed into this year&#8217;s scenario and were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">His Majesty&#8217;s Cross Country Horse Races<br>&#8220;The Race for the Princess&#8217; Hand&#8221;<br>July 3, 4, 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">International Festival of Dance<br>&#8220;Pandora&#8217;s Evil Return&#8221;<br>July 10 &amp; 11<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Renaissance Music Festival<br>&#8220;Songs of Suspense&#8221;<br>July 17 &amp; 18<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Folk and Fairytale Festival<br>&#8220;The Contender&#8217;s Tale&#8221;<br>July 24 &amp; 25<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Royal Festival of Magic<br>&#8220;The Magic Staff&#8221;<br>July 31 &amp; August 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The King&#8217;s Tournament Games<br>&#8220;The Tournament Crises&#8221;<br>August 7 &amp; 8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The Harvest Carnival<br>&#8220;The Harvest Dilemma&#8221;<br>August 14 &amp; 15<\/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 King Richard&#8217;s Faire Fans! Here is the program for 1982. This was marketed as the ten-year anniversary season. Some items of note: This year&#8217;s Special Weekends were dovetailed into this year&#8217;s scenario and were:<\/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-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-festivals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","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=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":362,"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/deancalin.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}