The second annual Festival of Shorts: Edmonds Driftwood Players held its competition for new playwrights to present their best effort to land a spot on stage for an original work and the winning finalists have been selected.
The seven finalists come from all over the country, and Driftwood is
promising a great lineup this year. The finalists were challenged to display their most innovative, hilarious or profound piece of original work in a 15-minute play.
After these new works are performed, the audience gets to choose the winner of the shorts.
The works are performed on Driftwood’s Alternative Stage. The finalists are:
“It Sounds Like Science,” by Russell Weeks of Seattle.
“Love,” by David Alan Morrison of Shoreline.
“Om Sweet Om,” by Peggy Dougherty of San Diego, Calif.
“Time Traveler’s Remorse,” by Craig Jessen, Los Angeles, Calif.
“Road Rage,” by Leonard David Goodisman of Bothell.
“Long Time, No Funeral,” by Jo-el Henning Doty of Clayton, Mo.,
“Deja Vu,” by William Baer of Evansville, Ind.
The second annual Festival of Shorts will be presented at 8 p.m. July 8 and 9 at Driftwood Players Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St., Edmonds.
All tickets are $12. Call 425-774-9600 or at www.driftwoodplayers.com.
Also at Driftwood, the theater has announced its new mainstage and alternative season lineups. The mainstage performances start in September.
Mainstage shows are at 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Check the website at www.driftwoodplayers.com for show times for alternative stage performances.
Tickets are on sale now. A mainstage season ticket covers five shows and costs $99 for adults; an alternative season ticket covers five shows and costs $50 for adults. For more ticket information call 425-774-9600.
Driftwood’s new mainstage season:
“A Murder Is Announced”: Sept. 9 to 25. Miss Marple is at it again in this Agatha Christie work of detective fiction.
“The King & I”: Nov. 25 to Dec. 18. Cultures clash when the King of Siam and English governess Anna Leonowens hammer out how to teach the children of the king’s household.
“M*A*S*H”: Feb. 10 to 26. Take a trip to South Korea to visit the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
“Harvey”: April 6 to 22. Meet Elwood P. Dowd and his 6-foot-3 inch imaginary friend, and rabbit, Harvey.
“No Sex Please, We’re British”: June 22 to July 8, 2012. A farce in which a British banker and his wife become unwitting recipients of an assault of pornography.
The alternative stages season is
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”: Oct. 27 to 30. A Halloween treat and a ride with a headless horseman.
“The Peregrine Sonata”: Jan. 13 to 15. In a series of interwoven stories, five women question where they’ve been and how they can make a difference.
“Lonely Planet”: March 1 to 4. A Steven Dietz work looking at the AIDS epidemic.
“Cyrano de Bergerac”: May 10 to 13. A look at the poet’s life.
The third annual Festival of Shorts: July 13 to 14, 2012. Original works, each 15 minutes long.
Theresa Goffredo: 425-339-3424; goffredo@heraldnet.com.
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