The next free Living History Day will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. The Escondido Renaissance Faire and Shakespeare in the Park Festival will return to Felicita Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today. The event will feature Queen Elizabeth the First and her royal court, entertainers, food vendors, merchants and hundreds of other Renaissance re-enactors. Felicita Park is one mile west of Interstate 15 off the Via Rancho Parkway exit. There is no audition preparation or appointment necessary.
Rehearsals begin the evening of auditions and continue through the show's opening.
Attendees can learn about Parents and Adolescents Recovering Together Successfully, a free program designed to help parents and adolescents break through their denial and begin the recovery process from drug abuse. Roles are open for five women and four men in their 20s to 50s. Auditions include cold readings from the script. Resume and head shot helpful, but not necessary. The play details the correspondence over a 20-year period between a struggling young female writer in New York and the owner of an antiquarian bookstore in London.