Shakespeare Theater announced today that its annual “Free For All.” a no-charge outdoor restaging of one of the company’s productions, will no longer be held at Carter Barron Amphitheater.

Starting in 2009, the event will now be at the company’s impressive new Sidney Harman Hall. Shakespeare Theater’s press release said the move will allow them to hold 22 free shows rather than 10, avoid weather related cancellations, make the event more Metro accessible and provide a better performance space.

These are all good things — particularly the increased number of performances. But there’s going to be some magic lost in moving the event indoors; it was the closest thing D.C. had to Shakespeare in the Park, and putting it in a traditional theatrical space doesn’t exactly lend itself to pre-show picnics.

Next year’s event, which will start over Labor Day weekend — a departure from the usual scheduling in the warmer months — will be a restaging of last October’s fascinating take on The Taming Of The Shrew. Will you be more or less likely to take advantage of the Free For All once it ends up at Harman?