Edmonds Driftwood Players

For our 63rd season, edp featured three mainstage play productions at reduced audience capacity with full covid protocols in place for the safety of our patrons and no increase in the cost of tickets or fees. In addition, edp's 11th annual festival of shorts returned, offering eight new playwrights from across the united states the opportunity to see their works performed on stage in a festival of short plays. Our new works program produced four staged readings of works in progress by local playwrights at no cost to attendees and included guided talkbacks to allow for audience feedback and discussion. Edp continues to increase accessibility to its theatre space, including a hearing loop system to work with assistive hearing devices and scheduled american sign language interpreted performances with reduced price tickets for our deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons.

Edp has three employees and a year-round community volunteer program that is open to anyone aged 16 and above. 424 volunteers participated this year. Support and leadership from the board of directors, membership, and volunteers is critical to the ongoing operations and success of the organization, both artistically and operationally.

Edp's education program connected over 55 students with instructors and material that instills passion, teaches skills, and builds confidence to pursue opportunities inside and outside of the theatre. Outreach, through our take a kid to the theatre program, serves youth and their families experiencing housing insecurity in snohomish county by bringing workshops to them in shelter and transitional housing facilities and inviting them to attend performances and education programs at no cost, including transportation, meals, and supplies. Edp also supported theatre education in king and snohomish counties by loaning stage props, furniture, and costuming to enhance school productions and awarded long-standing scholarships to students pursuing theatre arts and theatre technology education at the college, university, or technical school of their choice in the united states.