The SOTF returns on July 25 & 26, 2026.

SOTF has served as the unofficial launching pad for the Seattle’s summer outdoor theater season since 2001, and consists of multiple theatre companies coming together in one park to present a weekend of free theatre.

Festival Schedule

• Saturday, July 25

• Amphitheater Stage
  • 10:00 am – PENGUIN PRODUCTIONS
    • A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 90 minutes
  • 1:00 pm – SHAKESPEARE NORTHWEST
    • Hamlet – 2 hours
  • 4:30 pm  – LAST LEAF PRODUCTIONS 
    • As You Like It – 1 hour
  • 7:00 pm – GREENSTAGE
    • The Winter’s Tale – 2 hours
• Conservatory Lawn
  • 12:00 pm – BALLINGER SHAKESPEARE COMPANY 
    • Twelfth Night – 2 hours
  • 3:30 pm – PRATIDHWANI
    • Improv – 1 hour
  • 5:30 pm – CSz SEATTLE
    • Sound & Fury: An Improvised Shakespeareance – 1 hour
• Museum Lawn
  • 11:00 am – EMERALD THEATRE
    • Emma – 2 hours
  • 2:30 pm – LEFT BLANK PRODUCTIONS
    • The Comedy of Macbeth – 1 hour 40 minutes
  • 4:30 pm – GREENSTAGE PLAY READING SERIES
    • Play Reading Series: The Comedy of Errors – 2 hours

• Sunday, July 26

• Amphitheater Stage
  • 11:00 am – BAND OF BARDS
    • Twelfth Night: A Pirate Story – 1 hour 15 minutes
  • 2:00 pm – GREENSTAGE
    • Coriolanus – 2 hours 15 minutes
  • 4:45 pm – PRATIDHWANI
    • Dance – 1 hour
  • 7:00 pm – UNION ART CENTER’S WOODEN O
    • Macbeth – 90 minutes
• Conservatory Lawn
  • 12:30 pm – CSz SEATTLE
    • Sound & Fury: An Improvised Shakespeareance – 1 hour
  • 4:00 pm – GREENSTAGE
    • Backyard Bard The Tempest – 1 hour
  • 5:15 pm – GREENSTAGE
    • Backyard Bard The Two Noble Kinsmen – 1 hour

• Museum Lawn
  • 11:00 am – THE SEATTLE SOCKEYE
    •  Fight Demonstration – 25 minutes
  • 1:00 pm – RED EAGLE SOARING NATIVE YOUTH THEATRE
    • Killer of the Alien Gods – 40 minutes
  • 3:00 pm – PENGUIN PRODUCTIONS
    • A Midsummer Night’s Dream – 90 minutes
  • 6:00 pm – SHAKESPEARE NORTHWEST
    • The Crow of Henmark – 1 hour

2026 Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival companies:

• Ballinger Shakespeare Company
• Band of Bards
• CSz Seattle
• Emerald Theatre
• GreenStage
• Last Leaf Productions
• Left Blank Productions
• Penguin Productions
• Pratidhwani
• Red Eagle Soaring Native Youth Theatre
• The Seattle Sockeye
• Shakespeare Northwest
• Union Art Center’s Wooden O

To round out your time at the SOTF this summer, vendors Grey Coast Dogs and Filter & Shot will be on hand to meet your food and drink needs by the Festival info booth.

SOTF HISTORY

The Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival began in 2001 when GreenStage – Seattle’s Shakespeare in the Park Company, Theater Schmeater, and Seattle Shakespeare’s Wooden O joined forces to bring a full weekend of live theatre to Volunteer Park in Seattle. Since then the festival has grown to include up to three stages and twenty performances from several local theater companies. All in two days in one park… AND IT’S FREE!

Stage Locations

Go see a play!

 

All details are subject to change.