Who We Are
The Washing Well Wenches troupe was founded over 40 years ago by our patroness, muse and originator, Danielle Dupont. Or “Laundress Zero.”
What began as a series of improv bits in the lanes of Renaissance Festivals from New York to Florida to Colorado has grown into the largest and longest-running female-fronted comedy show performing nationwide on the renaissance festival circuit.
Entertaining millions at over 30 festivals in the United States and Canada, and with a combined 104,000 followers on social media, The Washing Well Wenches are likely to be the most notorious and hilarious women at a renaissance festival near YOU!
Danielle Dupont, founder and producer of The Washing Well Wenches, circa 1999.
The Company
Our company is an all-female troupe of actors, improvisors, singers, musicians, and comedians. Every woman hired brings something new to the show, and they bring it with a SPLASH!
Our wenches have masters degrees, as well as extensive improv training from The Upright Citizens Brigade (NYC/LA), Second City (Chicago/LA), The Groundlings (LA), IO Chicago/IO West, and the People's Improv Theatre (NYC). We have performed at Universal Studios and at Disney World. We have starred in off-broadway shows, and have written and performed on multiple studio albums. We have been featured on major TV shows, starred in indie feature films, commercials, and voiced audio books. One of our wenches is a published children's author. Another starred in an Academy Award-winning short film.
If you have any specific questions about our skills and/or resumes, please contact us directly.
The Wenches
Buttercup
Buttercup runneth o'er!
Butter personality is GREAT!
Butter finger LACKS. A. RING. *hint hint* 💍
Corky
I drink anything with a cork and my middle name is WHEEEEEE!
It's French.
Deloris
Dame of Drippy Drawers.
Fanny Pinch
Mender of breeches and breaker of hearts!
Hildy
Hildy the heartwarming, Hildy the hilarious, Hildy the humble handler of hand wash only!
Millie
Shirt-Soaker;
Breech-Boiler,
and all around
Wench of the Good Stench!
Peaches
Peaches the playful,
Peaches the passionate, Peaches the pit in your pantaloons!
Petal
Got a little piddle in the middle of your pile of bloomers?
Petal will paddle it right out for you!
Poppy
COMING SOON
Sprout
Lover of men, louder of mouth, and laundress of mystery. Favorite drinks include beer, whiskey, and Jacob Elordi's bathwater. Now available in Marriage!
Clover
Sometimes smells like bubbles, mostly smells like cheese.
Daisy
The Dry Clean Only.
Dotti
The "I" in your "E." Dotti loves Unicorns and Guinness and Men in Kilts and Guinness and Jousters and Guinness and also Guinness.
Frannie
I'm hypo-allergenic but I'm not scent free! Approach with caution. Will respond erratically to phrases like, "Free beer," or, "I know a single guy that has dirty laundry."
Izzi
I'm Isadora! The wench with a bounce in her step! The one you want to snuggle! My sanity goes with the passing of the tide! You can call me Izzi!
Myrtle
I am mysterious, I am mischievous, I am your mistress of mis-matched underthings!
Penelope
The prewash princess, the queen of clean, and the pleasantly plump (in all the right places)!
Petunia
Petunia, our raven-haired, blue-eyed Angel Wench, never met a song she couldn’t sing or a kilt she couldn’t look up. A fearsome actress on the boards of the Big City as well as our own dear mischief-maker, Petunia is up above washing laundry in heaven and pinching Saints’ cheeks. We miss you each day, our sweet girl, and we will never forget you.
Rosi
Rosi the bold! Rosi the beautiful! Rosi, your English rose bud!
Talley
Our Goddess Divine has joined Petunia and Nutmeg in that great Washtub in the sky.
A dazzling mix of fierce and formidable. The perfect blend of East-coast talent and universal grit. She was the definition of ‘unwavering heart’. She knew intrinsically that how we treated the least of us was what defined our best. She touched so many hearts across the country, and every one of them holds a special place for her. She didn’t want ribbons or fanfare, just the peace that came at the end of the day from knowing she had given her all.
Truculent. Look it up.
Coco
I smelled a smell and I liked it!
Dandelion
I’m Dandy when I’m dampening your delicates.
And I’m Lion when I’m pounding out your pantaloon’s!
Dandylion
Ester
Ester the Eager, Ester the Elegant, Ester the ENTHUSIASTIC!
Gerty
I like long walks on the beach and astrology! My sign is Yield. Because I might tell you to slow down but I'll never tell you to stop!
Lulu
My name is so nice
You gotta say it twice
If the double doesn’t get you The restraining order will!
Nutmeg
Our easy, breezy, beautiful, covered in squirrels girl...She loved you, all of you, fiercely. Though our Yogi Muppet crossed the rainbow bridge all too soon, she will always be remembered for her razor sharp wit, her inclusive heart, and her endless talent. We miss you each and every day.
Penny
I am Penny Rosen-I'm here to wash your 'hosen. If you see me pick me up, all day long you'll have good luck!
Pinwheel
Pinwheel has read* many books** in her life***
*seen
**beer labels
***a dream
Ruby Sweaters
I am the jewel behind your soiled bloomers.
Tansy
I'm just like the pile of laundry on your floor: I'd go away if you just fold me!
Cookie
Cookie the calamitous, Cookie the cacophonous, Cookie the caretaker of underwear extraordinaire!
Daphne
Daphne the delightful! Daphne the delectable! Daphne the over-starched!
Eureka
You reek of honey, you reek of beer; I'm Eureka Withers, and I'm so glad you're here!
Hazel
Your scrubbing chugging patron saint of stain removal. a-MEN.
Maggie
I will clean quickly! TikToc I don't stop!
Olive
I'm Olive (I need to take your clothes off for I seem to have missed a spot) Framp.
Pepper
I sprinkle a little laundry seasoning into your life. My spin cycle can be mild or spicy according to your taste--and that is nothing to sneeze at!
Pippa
High efficiency and not responsible for shrinkage.
Sophie
Sophie the Bubble Buster...Sophie the Suds Maker...Sophie...the Slippery When Wet!
Winnie
I may be on sabbatical, but no one worry .... As we speak, every bald head in the New World is being licked and buffed to a shine like they've never experienced before!
