History

The Noble Blades were founded in 1993 by several cast members of the Reston Community Players’ production of Macbeth. After its founding, the members began training and became RCP’s resident stage combat troupe.

Those Founding Members:

• Adam Konowe • Steve Lada • Al Myska •
• Kevin Robertson • Jerry Vandenberg •

In July 2020, the group reorganized as a non-profit organization under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia to conduct a stage combat troupe and educational organization dedicated to the study, practice, education and demonstration of the art of staged violence and physical storytelling. Its primary activities include providing workshops, demonstrations and fight choreography. The Noble Blades are committed to learning and presenting stage combat in an entertaining, educational, historically accurate and safe manner. 

The Noble Blades have participated in and contributed to a wide variety of theatrical activities throughout the mid-Atlantic region and beyond, including:

Theater Companies:

  • Reston Community Players

  • Arlington Players

  • CAST

  • Cast of Thousands

  • Castaways Repertory Theatre

  • Charles Town Opera House

  • Dominion Stage

  • Dreamweavers

  • Elden Street Players

  • Foundry Players

  • Great Falls Players

  • Keegan Theatre

  • Le Neon

  • Little Theatre of Alexandria

  • Mt. Vernon Community Children’s Theatre

  • Port City Playhouse

  • Potomac Theatre Company

  • Prince William Little Theatre

  • Rockville Little Theatre

  • Source Theatre

  • St. Mark’s Players

  • Sterling Playmakers

  • Theatre Conspiracy

  • Vpstart Crow Productions

  • Vienna Theatre Company

  • Washington Opera

  • Washington Shakespeare Company

Educational Institutions:

  • Bishop O’Connell High School

  • Bradley Elementary School

  • Center for the Arts

  • Christ’s College (Christchurch, NZ)

  • Curtain Call Camp

  • DC International School

  • Edlin School

  • Franklin Middle School

  • George Mason University

  • Georgetown University

  • Heritage High School

  • John Champe High School

  • Keele University (Staffordshire, UK)

  • Lights, Camera, Action Camp

  • Marshall High School

  • McLean School

  • Montgomery CollegeOsborn High School

  • Paint Branch High School

  • Park View High School

  • Paul VI High School

  • Performers Corner Camp

  • Potomac Falls High School

  • Rocky Run Middle School

  • Robinson High School

  • Saint Albans School

  • Saint Michael School

  • Sidwell Friends School

  • Strasburg High School

  • Sudley Elementary School

  • Theatre Arts Directors Association of Fairfax County

  • University of Rochester, Drama House

  • United States Institute for Theatre Technology (Chesapeake Section)

  • Virginia Thespian Conference

  • Wakefield School

Festivals & Civic Organizations:

  • Alexandria Red Cross

  • Alexandria Scottish Heritage Festival

  • Cub Scout Pack 913, 894 & 1372

  • Folger Library Student Shakespeare Festival

  • Frederick Scottish Expo

  • Great Lakes Theatre Festival

  • Herndon Festival

  • Maryland Renaissance Festival

  • Prince William County Park Authority

  • Prince William Public Library System

  • Reston Festival

  • Reston Museum

  • Richmond Highland Games

  • Robert the Bruce Society

  • Sterling Community Center

  • Smithsonian Institution

  • West Virginia Highland Games

  • Williamsburg Scottish Festival