Photo Flash: A First Look At Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' THE WINTER'S TALE

The vengeful and doubting King Leontes and his falsely accused wife Queen Hermione will be played by Festival veterans Charles Pasternak and Cherie Corinne Rice in Shakespeare Festival St. Louis' production of The Winter's Tale, June 2-25, at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park. This marks the company's 17th season of free, outdoor, professional theatre in the park. Preview performances are scheduled May 31 and June 1. Performances run nightly, except Tuesdays, and begin at 8 p.m.

Bruce Longworth, associate artistic director for the Festival, will direct the production, his fourth time in Shakespeare Glen. Previous productions include Henry V (2014), Othello (2012) and Hamlet (2010). In 2016, Longworth adapted and directed Shakespeare Festival St. Louis projects for the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and the St. Louis Symphony.

The Winter's Tale will also feature original music composed by St. Louis-based Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra. This is the group's third collaboration with the Festival, having composed scores for A Midsummer Night's Dream (2016), and Twelfth Night (2013). The nightly Green Show will begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature local musicians, a synopsis of the play, and roaming performers. On Friday nights throughout the production, the Festival's advanced teen ensemble, the Shakespeare Squadron, will perform a 20-minute version of The Winter's Tale.

Check out photos from the production below!