Planning a trip to the Shakespeare Festival in Forest Park? We hope so. The admission is free, although there’s a fee if you want to sit in the chairs that are already set up. But there are lots of folks with lawn chairs and blankets every year, everything is very casual and the theater itself, in the cleavage of Art Hill, just east of the St. Louis Art Museum, has been excellent every year. There’s food for sale, souvenirs, some wandering minstrels, just a fabulous late spring evening for all.
A new option for picnics has come to our attention: Puck’s Restaurant in the Art Museum is offering carryout food, and with it, on most dates, comes a reserved parking pass in their parking lot. Three days’ notice is required, so plan ahead. More details at www.slam.org/shakespeare or you can phone 314-655-5257.
The play this year is "The Merry Wives of Windsor", and it runs, after a preview night Wednesday, May 20, nightly except Tuesdays through June14.