Join us for a staged reading of Keeping Distance written by Jay Stratton and directed by Sydney Kaser. Part of the FIRST DRAFT Staged Reading Series presented by the Edmonds Driftwood Players and Driftwood After Dark.

Synopsis: Set during the COVID-19 pandemic, Keeping Distance is a comedy that interrogates the notion that screens are an effective substitute for human interaction. The show follows Stanley Withers, a relentlessly optimistic middle aged tech worker quarantined in his apartment at the beginning of the pandemic. As he recovers from covid, loses his job, and wrestles with divorce, we see Stanley’s carefully crafted defenses falter, and his real pain begins to rise to the surface. The innovative format is a one-person show where Stanley interacts with all the other characters through live projection. Though hugely comic, the play also explores the darker aspects of professional disappointment, loss, and guilt. But in the end, the final message of the piece is a moving tribute to second chances, fatherhood, and most of all, to hope.

Expected Run Time: 85 minutes, with no intermission. A Playwright Feedback session will be held after the reading and is encouraged but optional to stay and participate.

Content Info: Adult content; Death from Covid.