The upper school theater department at Veritas Academy, a classical Christian school in Leola, will present a Madrigal Feast on Friday, Nov. 21, at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 22, at 1 and 6:30 p.m. at the Springside Barn, 1294 Weaverland Road, East Earl.

Audiences will step back in time and become guests at a royal banquet set in a 16th-century European castle manor. The cast of students will interact with the audience as nobility, royalty, and peasantry, with lively songs, a few games, and a comedic play led by the court jester and his troupe of actors. The event will combine theater, history, music, and food.

The "masque" or play-within-the-play will feature the story of Princess Grace of Knockerdown and her parents' attempts to get their beautiful but hopelessly clumsy daughter married off and out of the castle.

The event will also include a three-course meal, including beef barley soup, roasted meats and vegetables, wassail, and a choice of desserts. A "light lunch" matinee performance will be offered at 1 p.m. on Nov. 22.

To purchase tickets by Friday, Nov. 14, visit http://www.veritasacademy.info/madrigal.

Veritas Academy is a preschool through 12th grade classical Christian school located in Leola. Established in 1996 and accredited by the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS), Veritas Academy serves more than 400 students. The school's mission is to cultivate loving, serving, thinking students through classical Christian education and connect students with truth, beauty, and goodness for Christ's calling.