Edmonds Driftwood Players

Join us for a staged reading of Blues for a Dead Planet written by James Lyle and directed by Zachariah Robinson. Part of the FIRST DRAFT staged reading series presented by the Edmonds Driftwood Players and Driftwood After Dark.

Synopsis: In a future where Earth stands on the verge of ecological collapse, all hope was pinned on “Icarus”, a terraforming project with the aim of creating a new home for humanity on a distant planet. But something went horribly wrong, and Doctor Susan Reach barely escaped the disaster with her life. She now finds herself in a mysterious garden under the care of the Elysians, genetically enhanced humans who departed Earth for their own utopia centuries before. But is she in a hospital? Or a prison? After meeting Lyla, a traumatized young woman whose ravings hint that all is not as it seems, Susan must work out what’s really going on while the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.

Expected Run Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission. Playwright Feedback session is after the reading and it is optional to stay and participate.

Content Warning(s): Adult language, nudity (implied), suicide

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Sun, Oct 13th, 2024 at 7:00 pm

This performance is no longer available for purchase online. Theatre lobby opens one hour prior to performance start. If tickets are available, you may purchase them at the door.

Wade James Theatre
950 Main Street, Edmonds

First Draft is a free staged reading series, but we ask that you reserve tickets, in case of changes to capacity prior to the event. We are seating at 100% capacity, festival seating (not assigned). We will be checking people off on a door list upon arrival, so you will NOT receive printed tickets in the mail or at Will Call.

Our concession and bar will NOT be open.
Our theatre is now equipped with ActivePure Air Scrubbers by Aerus (proven to reduce over 99.9% of the virus that causes COVID-19 on both surfaces and in the air).
There are currently NO covid protocols in place (Proof of Vaccination or proof of negative test results and masks ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED.)