Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival 2026

The SOTF is this weekend on July 25 & 26, 2026.

Join us this weekend at Volunteer Park, 1247 15th Ave E, Seattle, WA 98112 for The Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival. 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.

Click Here for the 2026 Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival Program

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 – 30 minutes
- 7:00 pm – UNION ART CENTER’S WOODEN O
  - Macbeth – 2 hours
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
- 11:30 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:

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!