Meet the Puppets from “Romeo & Zooliet”

Have you ever wondered what happens when the Zoo closes and the keepers go home for the night? Well … what if the animals put on their very own Shakespearean performance?! Join St. Louis Shakespeare Festival Artistic Producer Tom Ridgely and playwright Jennifer Joan Thompson for a fun reading from Ian Lendler’s children’s book“The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Romeo and Juliet,” basis for the family-friendly stage adaptation produced exclusively for the Saint Louis Zoo: “Romeo and Zooliet,”onstage July 8-August 17. The event will include a library parade of the show’s dazzling puppets by world-renowned Michael Curry Design, known for its work on Broadway’s “The Lion King” and “Frozen.”


Presented in Partnership with the St. Louis Shakespeare Festival.

You may also like the following events from St. Louis County Library:

• This Thursday, 17th July, 07:00 pm, Historian John McManus With Video Game Designer Luke Hughes in Frontenac
• Next Tuesday, 22nd July, 07:00 pm, Award-Winning Author and Cultural Critic Gerald Early “Play Harder" in Frontenac
• Next Thursday, 24th July, 07:00 pm, Award-winning Poet Mary Jo Bang “Paradiso” in Frontenac

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