The Barbe High School Choir will present A Feast Without Forks — Renaissance Madrigal Dinner Theater at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Greater St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church, 1801 Second Ave.

Tickets cost $30 each and are being sold in front of the school office, 2200 West McNeese St. They can be purchased 7:30 a.m.-8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Chris Miller, choir director, said his interest in the madrigal dinner started because he was looking for “something a little different” that the choir could do during the holiday season. The last sellout performance took place in 2013.

“No one does it around here,” he said. “In some areas it’s a tradition, and a lot of times it’s the college choir that puts it on.”

Usually, the choir does an annual holiday concert at Immaculate Conception Cathedral. But Miller said they have a new tradition where the madrigal dinner will take place every other year. He said this allows the choir to do “a big project” in another space besides the cathedral or an auditorium.

During the show, choir members will perform the skit, “Bob Bados — A Pirates’ Tale.” Miller said the newly-composed skit is based on a pirate who is allowed to visit his sister, the queen, every 10 years. He said he chose the script based on Lake Charles’ connection with pirates, along with the school’s mascot, the Buccaneer.

“It’s sort of like the relative you’re embarrassed about,” he said of the skit. “It’s a lot of silliness and fun.”

Miller said that “magicians” will occasionally “zap” the crowd from the Renaissance era into the present day.

“We’re not trying to be historically accurate,” he said. “The modern day will peek through. The point is to have a lot of fun.”

The menu includes wassail, fresh fruit, bread, smoked turkey legs, bacon wrapped green beans, potatoes and bread pudding. The choir members will serve the food, while singing traditional holiday songs and improvising with the crowd.

“We’re really surrounding the (audience) and interacting with them,” Miller said. “It’s a whole different connection between the students and the audience. It’s valuable for the community to have an up close and personal connection to the kids.”

Miller said the first thing the audience usually notices is the elaborate costumes, which are shipped to the school from Minnesota.

“It’s a very classy event,” he said. “These are costumes that professional acting troupes use. The idea, hopefully, is that the audience will feel like they were transported back in time to the Renaissance.”

After the dinner and performance ends, Miller said there will be a brief concert in the church’s sanctuary. He said this will give the audience a taste of the performance the choir does at the cathedral.

“It gives a more reverent ending to it,” Miller said. “The whole experience is like a meal — you have the appetizer, then the main course, and the last performance is like a dessert at the end.”