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Laine Flores

@laine_flores_actor

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Actor, Fight Director, Educator
Brooklyn, NY
⚔️Assistant Instructor @arteviolenta
UP NEXT: She Kills Monsters @citygateproductions

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Happy opening weekend to the cast and crew of She Kills Monsters at @secrettheatreny with @citygateproductions 🐉👹😈

A right of passage in the fight community, my first production of SKM has been an absolute blast to choreograph. Special thanks to @_actionjax_ (@arteviolenta ) for the armory, to Assistant Fight Director @lukepearlberg , and to Fight Captain @megan.e.gwyn - thanks for being in my adventuring party!

#shekillsmonsters #stagecombat #indietheatre #fightdirector #dnd taken in The Secret Theatre by @laine_flores_actor

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HALFWAY THERE! There’s still time to make your tax-deductible donation to SHE KILLS MONSTERS and help us make our fundraising goal!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-city-gate-productions-mission by @laine_flores_actor

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🏴‍☠️ Lady Mary Killigrew makes her final voyage this Sunday 🏴‍☠️

It is difficult to put to words what the @newyorkrenaissancefaire has meant to me over the last 6 summers. It was my first performance gig out of college/the pandemic, it’s where I met my two wonderful partners, and it’s where I have been able to challenge myself in many ways to grow as a director and a leader. It’s where I have fostered so many meaningful friendships and artistic partnerships, and created work that I am truly proud of.

So, while it may be time to set sail for now, I will always carry the Shire and its people in my heart - and, of course, I will be back to visit 💜

My IMMENSE gratitude to all of you, but especially:
🏵️ To Clayton, Ian, and Buffey, for trusting me with so much from the very beginning
🏵️ To Lèna and Adam for being the best directors an AD could ask for
🏵️ To Rainey, Anna, Lèna, Kate, Kate, Kira, Al, and Jen. It has been an honor to share the iron man suit with you
🏵️ To the fight team - Sarah Grace, Pat, Leighton, and Nik - for joining me in continued commitment to making fight corps a better place to be each year
🏵️ To all of my Queen’s Blades and all of my Shakespeareans in the Shire
🏵️ To Josh and Greg, for standing with me through all of the ups and downs
🏵️ To the RAPA class of 2021
🏵️ To the many photographers, for your gorgeous work
🏵️ And to the patrons of the Shire - we do this for you. Thank you for giving us a place to share our joy.

Photos 1, 6, 7, 8, 13- @parkidomophotography
Photos 2, 3, 4, 10, 17 - @davidisaacportraits
Photos 5, 11, 19 - @ratjones039
Photos 15, 18 - Ron Frary
Photo 14 - @harlequinbliss
Photo 12, 20 - @frank.tirrell
Photos 9, 16 - not sure/couldn’t find! Identify yourselves 🙏🙏🙏 and let me know if I’ve misattributed anybody! taken in New York Renaissance Faire by @laine_flores_actor

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The Poet & The Pirate - Ladies Cheke and Killigrew ALWAYS be scheming 😏
Join us for the final two weekends of the @newyorkrenaissancefaire this year!!!

Photos: @davidisaacportraits and @ratjones039 by @laine_flores_actor

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EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it!

Links in the bio for our GoFundMe and Tickets! taken in The Secret Theatre by @laine_flores_actor

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This cast rolled a NAT 20 at last night’s rehearsal and did indeed kicketh ass! Come see SHE KILLS MONSTERS this October!
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#stagecombat #shekillsmonsters #fightdirector #dnd #theater taken in The Secret Theatre by @laine_flores_actor

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First day of school begins with She Kills Monsters, produced by @citygateproductions !! I am so excited to serve as the intimacy director for this ridiculously fun show. This cast and creative team of Adventurers is well worth risking all your hit points for. So grab your character sheet, roll a D20, and let the journey begin! Join us in October. I’ll put the ticket link in my bio. by @laine_flores_actor

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So excited to be working on three wonderful fight direction projects this season, with more on the horizon - SWIPE for more details!
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NOW RUNNING - NEW YORK RENAISSANCE FAIRE
Weekends and Labor Day thru October 4th, Tuxedo NY
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FOUL FEIND THEATRE TROUPE - CYRANO DE BERGERAC
September 3-6, Prospect Park (Brooklyn)
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CITY GATE PRODUCTIONS - SHE KILLS MONSTERS
October 16-25, The Secret Theater (Queens)

The Queen’s Blades at the New York Renaissance Faire - every day at 11:45am and 3:45pm!

Featuring: @mw_zoe @boarock96 @thebardsgirl @handyactor ⚔️

Photo: @davidisaacportraits

Shakespeare in the Shire at the New York Renaissance Faire - every day at 5:45 pm!

Featuring a rotating cast of talent each weekend, our lofty goal this season is to perform at least one piece from ALL 38 PLAYS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE! We’re two weekends in… 12 down, 26 to go!

Director: yours truly
Assistant Director: @thebardsgirl

Photo: @ratjones039

Come see Cyrano de Bergerac, opening next week!
Check out @foulfiendtheatretroupe for more info!

Director: @sydney.dubitsky

Did I mention that CYRANO also features a mass battle?

Coming soon… SHE KILLS MONSTERS!
Check out @citygateproductions for more info

Rehearsals begin next week, and I am so ready for this adventure 🐉

Director: @xenia_not_ksenya by @laine_flores_actor

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SWIPE for silliness and a DOG! 🐶

It’s been… one week since we wrapped the 2026 CISCO Teacher Trainer, and oh boy is my heart full to the brim with gratitude and joy. New knowledge and teaching strategies, new insight into my personal and professional values, and a community that continues to grow and flourish the longer I do this work ⚔️

To the CISCOTT cohort (@taylorrosealex @cody.a.swanson @ambria.campbell @dxsaldivar @swords_and_stupidity @megkoniee and Grant/Garrett who doesn’t have an instagram) - Thank you all for being so supportive, kind, brave, and vulnerable through this whirlwind. Y’all are kickass teachers, and I can’t wait to see where we go next 📝

To our fearless leaders and shepherds (@root.amie @tizagarland @whiskerfusticus @itsjenpan and @melissafrel ) - thank you for feeding our brains, our hearts, and our tummies for two wonderful weeks! 🧐

And, of course, to my love - thank you for coming on this adventure with me. It’s always an honor to do this work beside you and see how we grow 💕

UP NEXT - fight rehearsals for the 2026 season of the @newyorkrenaissancefaire and teaching my first solo class session with @arteviolenta 🎉🎉🎉

#stagecombat #teacher #theater #pedagogy #training taken in Western Illinois University by @laine_flores_actor

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Mentoring Advanced Combatants 2026 - immensely grateful for this cohort and this community. Thank you all for sharing your skills, your opinions, and your hearts. To be advanced is to be comfortable in the vulnerability of re-examining yourself and your artistry even as you go back to the basics, and this workshop really challenged us to do just that.

Thank you to all of our mentors for shepherding us through this intense week of development and reflection, but thank you especially to @root.amie for being the best coach for me and @kevmcstev (TEAM ROOT!!!) ⚔️

Taking this week to get some much needed week before heading off to @ciscostagecombat on Sunday!

#stagecombat #mentor #theater #community #fightfam taken in Indiana University Bloomington by @laine_flores_actor

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Big things happening over at @arteviolenta 🎉🎉🎉Honored to have been a part of creating this new website and designing some AV MERCH!!! Head to www.arteviolenta.com to check out our summer class offerings:

Sticks, Spears, & Shields - taught by @melanieliebetrau
Performance Readiness Workshop - taught by @seanmichaelchin
Whip Intensive - taught by @daviddean
Advanced Smallsword - taught by @_actionjax_
Basic Single Sword - taught by YOURS TRULY!

#stagecombat #webdesign #newclasses #summer #training by @laine_flores_actor

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8 weapons, 8 years in the making 🐉 as of the end of 2025, I am now an Advanced Actor/Combatant with the SAFD. Honored to have shared the classroom and the stage with so many wonderful people over the years - thank you, fight fam ⚔️

To celebrate, enjoy some weirdly framed footage of my first SPTs in each weapon!

Rapier & Dagger - 2018, w/ @afusco57
Sword & Shield (rehearsal) - 2018, w/ @knightpierce
Single Sword - 2019, w/ @easybreezyparisse
Unarmed - 2020, w/ @lukepearlberg
Knife - 2021, w/ Lucy Miller
Smallsword - 2023, w/ @melanieliebetrau
Longsword - 2024, w/ @swords_and_stupidity
Quarterstaff - 2025, w/ @swords_and_stupidity by @laine_flores_actor

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