Edmonds Driftwood Players

Join us for a staged reading of Age of Sail written by James Lyle and directed by Aidyn Stevens. Part of the FIRST DRAFT staged reading series presented by the Edmonds Driftwood Players and Driftwood After Dark.

Synopsis: In 1815 a British navy ship encounters an alien spaceship in the South Pacific. Its captain, Pandora, demands a dialog with both the “highest” and the “lowest”—meaning the British ship’s captain, James Arkwright, and its chicken-keeper, a freedman called Jemmy Ducks. Pandora intends to negotiate the surrender of Earth in order to establish an age of liberty and equality among humans. Meanwhile, in an altered present day, the same Pandora meets with Jemison Arkwright, captain of a spacefaring vessel on the planet Jupiter. Pandora wants this Arkwright to capture the leader of an underground movement seeking to free Earth from the aliens’ dominion. The action moves between time periods, as two generations of humans test the limits of freedom and resistance.

Expected Run Time: 75 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 language, discussion of colonialism, slavery, and political violence.

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Sun, Jun 8th, 2025 at 7:00 pm

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).