Edmonds Driftwood Players

Celebrating 66 Years of Community Theatre!

Edmonds Driftwood Players (EDP) nurtures the art of live theatre by creating a vibrant and accessible community experience. EDP is a volunteer-based, 501(c)(3) nonprofit community theatre that has been entertaining, enriching, and engaging Western Washington since 1958, making it one of the state’s oldest continuously operating community theatres.

EDP’s mission enhances the culture and quality-of-life in Washington state through live theatre productions and outreach, education, and community volunteer programs. EDP is known for its commitment to keeping its productions and programs accessible to the community with available free, discounted, and subsidized-cost opportunities. 

In recent years, the high quality of EDP’s theatre productions has been recognized statewide as “People’s Choice Theatre of the Year” by The Gregory Awards and “Theatre of the Year” and “Best Musical” by Broadway World. 

EDP is a part of Washington’s first Certified Creative District with the City of Edmonds.

About Us

Each season, EDP features four to five full mainstage productions of plays and musicals and a Festival of Shorts, which offers eight new playwrights from across the United States the opportunity to see their work performed on stage in a festival of short plays. Our New Works Program produces staged readings of works in progress by local playwrights at no cost to attendees, including guided talkbacks to allow for audience feedback and discussion. EDP continues to increase accessibility to its theatre space, including a hearing loop system to work with assistive hearing devices and scheduled American Sign Language interpreted performances with reduced price tickets for our deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons.

EDP’s outreach program, Take A Kid to the Theatre, serves youth and their families experiencing housing insecurity in Snohomish County by bringing workshops to them in shelter and transitional housing facilities and inviting them to attend our performances and education programs at no cost, including transportation, meals, and supplies. Last year, EDP served 60 children and adults in transitional housing this year through the opportunity to take part in our theatre arts education programs and productions.

During the summer months, EDP’s education program connects students with instructors and material that instills passion, teaches skills, and builds confidence to pursue opportunities inside and outside of the theatre. EDP also supports theatre education in King and Snohomish Counties by loaning stage props, furniture, and costuming to enhance school productions and awarding annual long-standing scholarships to students pursuing theatre arts and theatre technology education at the college or technical school of their choice.

EDP has a year-round community volunteer program which featured over 670 volunteers and almost 16,000 volunteer hours in 2023. 

Support and leadership from the Board of Directors, membership, and volunteers is critical to the ongoing operations and success of the organization, both artistically and operationally.

Cheers to 66 more years!