BYB – Julius Caesar, 2024, Bryce Publow, Aubrey Sarah Kaye, Garth Ball, and Ashley Salazar. Photo by Gail Javarah Wamba.
Free! 21 performances by 13 companies on 3 stages!
The Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival celebrates it’s 25th Anniversary on Saturday July 25th and Sunday July 26th at Seattle’s historic Volunteer Park.
GreenStage will be performing all of our 2026 summer plays at this year’s festival, and hosting a round-robin reading of The Comedy of Errors in the park, too. In 2026 GreenStage is joined by 12 other companies performing a total of 21 shows on 3 stages over 2 days. And it’s all free. (We enthusiastically accept donations, though!)
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
- 10:00 am – PENGUIN PRODUCTIONS
- 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
- 12:00 pm – BALLINGER SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
- 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
- 11:00 am – EMERALD THEATRE
- 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
- 11:00 am – BAND OF BARDS
- 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
- 12:30 pm – CSz SEATTLE
- 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
- 11:00 am – THE SEATTLE SOCKEYE
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.
Go see a play!
All details are subject to change.