This past weekend nearly 600 audience members (593 to be exact!) voted in Edmonds Driftwood Players (The Players) 8th Annual Festival of Shorts, co-produced by Diane Jamieson and Joanne Branch. Artfully Edmonds had the privilege of participating this year as a festival adjudicator, along with Scott Randall (Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts) and Elena…
Whether you prefer summer theatre staged on the lawn, or want the flash of the stage lights and the curtain rising, there is a wide variety of venues and troupes to choose from around the greater Edmonds area this summer. Artfully Edmonds is leading this week’s column with upcoming highlights from the theatre scene, in…
From the 8th Annual Festival of Shorts and generous audition calls from The Driftwood Players (The Players/Players), to inclusion into the Seattle Fringe Festival 2017 for the Phoenix Theatre; and Ballyhoo Theatre on the move – there are acting and stage-hand openings galore for volunteers, young people, opportunities to join strong well-established companies, and a welcoming theatre…
If you are a regular reader of Artfully Edmonds you’ve probably noticed that we don’t do retrospectives; no reviews after a show has left town, nor write ups regarding performances for which the curtain has gone down. There is so much going on – and coming up – in our community that Artfully Edmonds can easily…
It’s hard to believe that we are actually in the last month of summer; but it’s true. Soon Edmonds residents will be greeting each other with, “Is it September already?” And with it, September brings sensational performances: galas and gallery openings, taffeta and toasts. This edition of Artfully Edmonds includes the galas and opening nights…
Edmonds is fortunate to have in our midst theatre companies that engage and encourage young people’s interested in theatre arts – even through the summer. Edmonds, Lynnwood and Mountlake Terrace theatre groups committed to year-round programs include Driftwood Players, with Teen Troupe; Ballyhoo Theatre and students from Meadowdale High School; Edmonds-Woodway High School, and Edmonds Heights…
This week, Artfully Edmonds visited with just-back-in-town dancer Jacqueline Hyde, who returns to Edmonds’ Firdale neighborhood with a fresh take on dance studio styling. Readers may remember Jacqueline from the Firdale Village ballroom dance business she and a partner ran until 2007, at which point they went their separate ways. Her new dance studio, just…
