Joshua Safford Raven Productions
RENAISSANCE FESTIVALS
(As the Raven and Wiggins, or Scheherezade’s Gypsy Travellers) Arizona Renaissance Festival Apache Junction, Arizona, February-March 1998-2025
Carolina Renaissance Festival Huntersville, North Carolina, October-November 1997-2025
Bristol Renaissance Faire, Kenosha, Wisconsin, July-September 1992-2004 July -August 2009-2025
New York Renaissance Faire, Tuxedo, NY, September 2010-2011, 2015-2025
Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Irwindale, California, April -May 2015-2019, 2022-2025
Oregon Renaissance Festival, Portland, Oregon, August-September 2013-2014
Scarborough Renaissance Festival, Waxahachie, TX, April-May 2000-2005
King Richards Faire, Carver, Mass. September 2001-2004
Ohio Renaissance Festival, Harverysburg, Ohio, September 1994-2000
Virginia Renaissance Festival, Fredricksburg, Virginia, April- June 1996-1999
Florida Renaissance Festival Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, January 1995-1996
Texas Renaissance Festival, Todd Mission, TX, October-November 1994-1996
FAERIE FESTIVALS
New York Faerie Festival 2010-2019
Spoutwood Faerie Festival, MD 2011-2018
Marshy Point Faerie Festival, MD 2019
World of Faeries Festival, South Elgin, Illinois 2005-2019
Maryland Faerie Festival, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 2007-2014
Festival of Legends, Chapel Hill ,North Carolina 2012-2014
Faerieworlds’ Festival, Eugene, Oregon 2002-2007
Western Gates Faerie Festival, Phoenix, Arizona 2007
OTHER RELEVANT FESTIVALS AND PUBLIC EVENTS
(Inclusive of all listed under performance projects)
Illinois Storytelling Festival, Starburst Storytelling Festival, Moonlight Mystery Storytelling Festival, Tellabration, Here’s The Story, This Much is True, The Blackout Diaries, Magic Chicago, Indianapolis Magic Monthly, Worldmagics Festival, Indianapolis Krampus Festival, World Steampunk Expo, Dorian’s Parlor, Wild Wild West Con, Clockwork Vaudeville, Cog County Faire, Chicago Buskerfest, Fright Fest, Taste of Chicago, Midway Village Museum (Steam Century), Milwaukee Steampunk Ball, Custer Street Faire, 1st Night Evanston, Indianapolis Fringe Theater, Noise From The Underground, Stage Left Performance Series, Tales From the Unicorn Rodeo, Classified Fantasy, Zoo Lore, Storytelling in the Snug
INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE PROJECTS
The Raven and Wiggins Faerie Lore Magician Politician ( Environmental Theater Street Performance Package) 1992-2024
Trickster Tales and Magic (Scholastic touring performances) 2006-2012, 1993-1995 Under Urban Gateways Arts in Education
The Absinthe Minded Professors (Steampunk Tales accompanied by Violin) 2010-2012
Scheherezades’s Gypsy Travelers (Arabian Nights Dance and Storytelling Magic stage act) 1996-2003
Tales from the Unicorn Rodeo Original Fantasy Stories 1992
Museum Storyteller Discovery Center Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History 1990-1991
TELEVISION APPEARANCES:
Love on the Spectrum, Netflix,
Penn and Teller’s Bullshit,
“The Story of Magic” the Learning Channel.
The Magic Mystery School, CBC Canadian Broadcasting Company,
Good Morning WGN. Channel 5 news at 10, Fox News at Ten
RADIO
NPR Minneapolis, KLUV, WMWA
NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
Chicago Sun Times, Faerie Magazine, Renaissance Magazine, Genii, Daily South Town, Waxahachie Star, Evanston Review, Chicago Reader, New City, Kenosha Life, Buffalo Grove Countryside, Hillsboro News Times
Creator Writer of The Daily Crock “The Faerie’s Newspaper”
STORYTELLING RECORDINGS
Fantasy and Fugues of Queen Victrola (The Absinthe Minded Professors)
From the Bottle to the Grave (Scheherezade’s Gypsy Travelers)
Zoo Lore (Joshua Safford)
Suckers and Providers (Joshua Safford)
Concert For A Queen (Renaissance Artist Compilation)
Encore for A Queen (Renaissance Artist Compilation)
EDUCATION: Ringling Brothers Barnum Bailey Clown College Class of 1990
University of Southern California School of Cinema Television BFA Screenwriting Class of 1990
The Mystery School 1992-1996