Who We Are
The Washing Well Wenches troupe was founded over 30 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 thousands at over 30 festivals in the United States and Canada, and with over 21K 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 on major TV shows, starred in indie feature films, commercials, and voiced audio books. One of our wenches even 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
Clover
Sometimes smells like bubbles, mostly smells like cheese.
Coco
I smelled a smell and I liked it!
Cookie
Cookie the calamitous, Cookie the cacophonous, Cookie the caretaker of underwear extraordinaire!
Corky
Kilts and Cartwheels are two great tastes that taste great together. I drink anything with a cork and my middle name is WHEEEEEE!
It's French.
Daphne
Daphne the delightful! Daphne the delectable! Daphne the over-starched!
Deloris
Dame of Drippy Drawers.
Dotti
The "I" in your "E." Dotti loves Unicorns and Guinness and Men in Kilts and Guinness and Jousters and Guinness and also Guinness.
Eureka Withers
You reek of honey, you reek of beer; I'm Eureka Withers, and I'm so glad you're here!
Fanny Pinch
My name is Fanny Pinch: mender of breeches and breaker of hearts!
Frannie
My name's Frannie (that's fannie with an "R")! I'm hypo-allergenic but I'm not scent free! Last seen making suds in Tampa. Approach with caution. Will respond erratically to phrases like, "Free beer," or, "I know a single guy that has dirty laundry."
Gerty
My name is 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!
Hazel Handkerchief Dupree
Your scrubbing chugging patron saint of stain removal. a-MEN.
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!
Millie
I’m Millie. Shirt-soaker; breech-boiler, and all around wench of the good stench!
Myrtle
I am mysterious, I am mischievous, I am your mistress of mis-matched underthings!
Nutmeg
My favorite color is Beer!
Photo by Lisa Margolis
Penelope
The prewash princess, the queen of clean, and the pleasantly plump (in all the right places)!
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!
Pepper
I am 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!
Photo by Peter Jeffer
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.
Poppy
Coming Soon
Rosi
Rosi the bold! Rosi the beautiful! Rosi, your English rose bud!
Ruby Sweaters
I am the jewel behind your soiled bloomers.
Sophie
Sophie the Bubble Buster....Sophie the Suds Maker....Sophie....the Slippery When Wet!
Talley
Florida Renaissance Festival, The Maine Renaissance Faire, New York Renaissance Faire, Louisiana Renaissance Festival
I am Talley...two hair prongs of terrible, terrific, tempestuous, troublesome, and truculent (look it up) behavior, but you can call me Talley!
Winnie
Hi I’m 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 you’ve never experienced before!