How to find the Golden Bough Playhouse and the Forest Theater, and where to park.
Golden Bough Playhouse, 851 Monte Verde Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues. The Box Office is here too.
From Highway 1: take the Ocean Avenue exit and drive down Ocean Avenue through downtown Carmel. Turn left on Monte Verde Street (the 7th stop sign from the highway) and continue 3 blocks. The Golden Bough Playhouse is on the west side of Monte Verde Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues.
Casanova Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues, below the Founders Theatre in the Golden Bough Playhouse.
From Highway 1: take the Ocean Avenue exit and drive down Ocean Avenue through downtown Carmel. Turn left on Casanova Street (one block past Monte Verde) and continue three blocks. The Circle Theatre is on the east side of Casanova Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues.
Mountain View Avenue at Santa Rita Street. The Indoor Forest Theatre (707 Mountain View Ave) is beneath the outdoor stage.
From Highway 1: take the Ocean Avenue exit and continue past the first stop sign for two blocks. Turn left onto Santa Rita Street and continue to the bottom of the hill. The entrance gate is on the left, where Mountain View Avenue meets Santa Rita.
From downtown Carmel: go up Ocean Avenue to the junction of Ocean, Junipero and Mountain View. Bear right up Mountain View for 3 blocks; the Forest Theater gate is on your left.
There is a passenger drop-off area in the Forest Theater's main parking lot, so guests, picnic supplies, blankets and cushions can be dropped off before you park. Street parking is recommended on Mountain View and Junipero Street. Please don't block residential driveways: vehicles that do are ticketed and towed.
