Show & Ticket Information

June 25-28, 2026

Please join us for our 15th Annual Festival of Shorts! The festival will be presented in five performances June 25-28, 2026, featuring eight short play finalists that include eight directors and eight casts. The theme for 2026 is “MILESTONES: markers in time of significant achievements or events.” 

Our volunteer readers and judges are local Seattle-area theatre lovers and playwrights. To keep the process as fair as possible, our readers are given blind copies of script submissions for judging. Our annual playwriting festival provides an opportunity for playwrights to have their works brought to life on stage, as well as gain recognition and potential awards. After the closing performance, we will announce the playwright winners for: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Judges’ Awards and Overall Audience Favorite.

To learn more about our annual playwrighting competition and to read the synopses of the short play finalists, please visit: www.EdmondsDriftwoodPlayers.org/festival-of-shorts/

Run Time: Approximately 2 hours, plus a 15-minute intermission

Content Information: This production contains some mild adult themes and is best suited for ages teen+

Thank you to The Branding Iron for sponsoring the 15th Annual Festival of Shorts!

Adapted for the stage by Kate Danley

Directed by Bryar Freed-Golden

Reviews & Patron Feedback:

• My Edmonds News Review
• Shoreline Area News Review
• Edmonds Beacon Review
• Eclectic Arts Review
• “This was a fun play! Engaging and very funny. The time flew by. We loved this adaptation.”
• “I thoroughly enjoyed this version of the story! Hasting’s internal monologues were hilarious and Poirot’s mannerisms and little dances across the stage reminded me very much of David Suchet’s Hercule. The cast and crew all did a fantastic job!”
• “We flew in from out of state to attend this show. I was hoping for a pleasant evening of community theater while supporting our friend, but I wasn’t prepared for my socks to be knocked off! I have a theater background and have seen a fairly wide range of community theater performances (not so great to pretty good) – I can truly say this is the most professional, engaging and thoroughly enjoyable production I have seen. There was so much heart and passion put into this production! Well done, cast and crew! Thank you for a really wonderful evening.”
• “I especially like your smaller, very comfortable theater and the affordability of plays there, in addition to the excellent quality of the actors performing in the plays. I’m so glad I purchased season tickets last year and will do so again for the coming year and invite a friend to join me.”

This faithful, new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles introduces audiences to the first mystery of Hercule Poirot. The year is 1916 and, injured in WWI, Hastings finds himself convalescing at the manor of his old friend, John Cavendish. But when John’s mother is poisoned in the middle of the night, everyone becomes a suspect. The only person who can solve the crime is none other than the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot. Agatha Christie’s gifts of misdirection are on full display as red herrings, twists, and turns lead the audience on a dizzying journey to find out whodunnit.

Thank you to Koenig Financial Group for sponsoring The Mysterious Affair at Styles!

Agatha Christie’s The Mysterious Affair at Styles is presented through arrangement with IPEX Artists Agency. www.ipexartists.com

By Paul Slade Smith

Directed by Tammis Doyle

Reviews & Patron Feedback:

• My Edmonds News Review
• The Sound On Stage Review
• Shoreline Area News Review
• TeenTix Blog Review
• “Loved the show! It was great to be able to laugh at politics for a change.”
• “It felt so good to laugh again! My friends and I agree the cast were each fantastic and we think this is the best play in a long time. Bravo!”
• “This was my first visit to EDP, and I will definitely return! I laughed more than I have in months. Thank you!”
• “Thanks for such a timely production. I left the theater feeling more hopeful than when I arrived.”

Ned Newley doesn’t even want to be governor. He’s terrified of public speaking; his poll numbers are impressively bad. To his ever-supportive Chief of Staff, Ned seems destined to fail. But political consultant Arthur Vance sees things differently: Ned might be the worst candidate to ever run for office. Unless the public is looking for… the worst candidate to ever run for office. A timely and hilarious comedy that skewers politics and celebrates democracy.

THE OUTSIDER is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, New Book by Douglas Carter Beane, Original Book by Oscar Hammerstein II, Orchestrations by Danny Troob, AND Music Adaptation & Arrangements by David Chase

Directed by Megan Ruth Smith

Reviews & Patron Feedback:

• My Edmonds News Review
• The Sound On Stage Review
• Shoreline Area News Review
• Edmonds Beacon Review
• “The performances were exceptional and the talent was above and beyond. I enjoyed it thoroughly. It’s wonderful to have this community theater to come too. I will happily return!”
• “The story line was fun, acting impeccable, and the singing voices were beautiful. We thoroughly enjoyed your entire performance. Have been recommending this as a must see to all my friends.”
• “Cinderella was maybe your best production we have attended in ten years. We’re always amazed at what your talented team of volunteers can do. Simply smashing theater! Set design, costumes, wonderful actors, lovely vocals. An afternoon of splendid theater. My only regret is not having tickets to see it twice!”

Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the new Broadway adaptation of the classic musical. This contemporary take on the classic tale features Rodgers + Hammerstein’s most beloved songs alongside an up-to-date, hilarious and romantic libretto. Douglas Carter Beane’s adaptation of this well-loved classic invites us to build a better, kinder world together. When Ella meets a dragon-slaying young prince who is just assuming control of his government, she helps spark transformation and empower the disenfranchised in their kingdom. With the help of her fairy godmother, a pumpkin, and a little magic and humor, Ella, Prince Topher, and their generous friends will inspire and delight the whole family.

CINDERELLA is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. www.concordtheatricals.com

Thank you to DME CPA Group for sponsoring Cinderella!

By Ken Ludwig

Directed by David Alan Morrison

Reviews & Patron Feedback:

• My Edmonds News Review
• The Sound On Stage Review
• Shoreline Area News Review
• Eclectic Arts Media Review
• “I just wanted to pass along how much I enjoyed seeing A Fox on the Fairway production. The acting was superb and the set divine, as usual! My friend who was with me also enjoyed it a lot. We laughed a bunch.”
• “What a fun night! My wife and I enjoyed the story telling and energetic acting. I look forward to our next night out with Edmonds Driftwood Players. So happy we signed up for the season!”
• “This show was wonderful! Saw it last night and had lots of laughs and we left smiling. The cast was perfect, and we want to take up golfing now!”
• “Very entertaining. Not one dull moment. Full of fun. Loved it. I was hooked from the moment it started!”

A tribute from Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Moon Over Buffalo) to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, A Fox on the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp pulling the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it’s a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers’ classics. A charmingly madcap adventure about love, life and man’s eternal love affair with… golf.

“Ken Ludwig’s A Fox on the Fairway” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Thank you to First Financial Northwest for sponsoring A Fox on the Fairway!