Greenstage Dates Change for the Summer

GreenStage's Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival is thrilled to announce the inclusion of a new company to our Festival! Direct from the Fremont Troll, Balagan Theatre will be bringing their Taming of the Shrew to our Second Stage, located just north of the Asian Art Museum. The Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival is now in its 9th season. The festival began as a cooperative venture between GreenStage, Theater Schmeater, and Wooden O Productions, and quickly became the launching pad for Seattle's Outdoor Theater scene. In 2008, the festival management was taken over by GreenStage. GreenStage Producing Artistic Director Ken Holmes points out the advantages of central management for the festival: "Having a festival celebrating outdoor theater is a fabulous thing, but with no central leadership, it was difficult for the festival to grow. By having a single company managing the details, coordinating staging and information becomes much easier. GreenStage is the perfect candidate for the job - we have been producing outdoor theater for over 20 years, and know how to make theater in the park work - especially in a park we have been performing in for 17 years." This year's schedule includes ten performances of nine productions by seven local theater companies. Updated Schedule: All performances at the Amphitheater unless noted Saturday, July 11 12:00pm - THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR - Last Leaf Productions 2:00pm - RICHARD III - Seattle Shakespeare Company's Wooden O 2:30pm - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - Balagan Theatre BEHIND THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM 5:00pm -THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE - Theater Schmeater 7:00pm - THE COMEDY OF ERRORS - GreenStage Sunday, July 12 12:00pm - TWELFTH NIGHT - Young Shakespeare Workshop 2:00pm - KING JOHN - GreenStage 2:00pm - WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF - Open Circle Theater BEHIND THE ASIAN ART MUSEUM 5:00pm -THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE - Theater Schmeater 7:00pm - THE TAMING OF THE SHREW - Seattle Shakespeare Company's Wooden O Full schedule and information available at www.greenstage.org/sotf