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-one performances from thirteen local theater companies in 2026. All in two days in one park… AND IT’S FREE!

Stage Locations

Go see a play!

 

All details are subject to change.