The Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival returns to Volunteer Park on July 12 & 13, 2025!

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.

2025 Festival Schedule

Saturday, July 12

Amphitheater Stage

12:00 pm – RED EAGLE SOARING NATIVE YOUTH THEATRE

Native Related – 40 minutes

2:00 pm – CSZ SEATTLE

Sound & Fury: An Improvised Shakespeareance – 60 minutes

4:30 pm – THISTLE THEATRE

Brother Coyote and Sister Fox – 40 minutes

7:00 pm – GREENSTAGE

Much Ado About Nothing – 2 hours

Conservatory Lawn

11:00 am – PENGUIN PRODUCTIONS

Out of Orbit – 45 minutes

1:30 pm – EMERALD THEATRE

"Scenes from The Importance of Being Earnest" – 40 minutes

5:30 pm – SHAKESPEARE NORTHWEST

Much Ado About Nothing

Museum Lawn

12:30 pm – DACHA THEATRE

Workshop – 90 minutes

3:30 pm – THE SEATTLE SOCKEYE

Fight Demonstration – 30 minutes

4:00 pm – GREENSTAGE PLAY READING SERIES

Play Reading Series: As You Like It – 2 hours

7:30 pm – DACHA THEATRE

The Grown Ups – 90 minutes