Most theater companies might go dark for summer, but that doesn't mean you can't get your fix. Just head outside, where the summer Shakespeare companies fill our parks with all nature of princes, lovers, faeries, and hucksters. Pack a picnic and make sure to always keep a blanket in your car, you never know when you might come across Romeo wooing Juliet across the Laurelhurst pond.

These are the main summer companies, and a rundown of their summer schedule is broken down by locale below. Last updated July 21.

Bag & Baggage | Original Practice Shakespeare Festival | Portland Actors Ensemble | Post 5 Theatre | Portland Shakespeare Project | Willamette Shakespeare

Portland Parks
All shows are free.

Laurelhurst Park

• July 24 at 7 pm—Comedie of Errors, OPSF
• July 25 at 7 pm—Macbeth, OPSF
• July 26 at 2 pm—As You Like It, OPSF
• July 26, 7 pm—Henry IV Part 1, OPSF
• July 26 & 27 at 3 pm—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, PAE
• Aug 24 at 1 pm—As You Like It, OPSF

Columbia Park

• Aug 3 at 6 pm—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, PAE

Fernhill Park

• July 27 at 1 pm—Much Adoe About Nothing, OPSF
• Aug 9 & 10 at 3 pm—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, PAE

Gabriel Park

• Aug 16 & 17 at 3 pm—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, PAE
• Aug 9 at 2 pm—Taming of the Shrew, OPSF

Lents Park

• Aug 17 at 2 pm—Taming of the Shrew, OPSF

Mt. Tabor Park

• Aug 10 at 2 pm—Taming of the Shrew, OPSF

Washington Park

• Aug 23 & 24 at 3 pm—A Midsummer Night’s Dream, PAE

Woodstock Park

• July 17–26, Thu–Sat at 7 pm—Antony & Cleopatra, PAE

Theaters

Bag&Baggage at Tom Hughes Civic Center Plaza, Hillsboro, OR

• Love's Labour's Lost
  (with inspiration from Federico Fellini’s masterpiece La Dolce Vita)
  July 24–Aug 9, Thu–Sat at 7:30 pm, $18

Portland Shakespeare Project at Artists Repertory Theatre

• The Tempest
  July 9–Aug 3, Wed–Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm, $20–30

Post5 Theatre at Milepost5

• Love's Labour's Lost
  July 10–Aug 3, Thu–Sun at 7:30 pm, $15 (Sun is pay-what-you-will)