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Join us for a FREE First Draft staged reading presentation of "Age of Sail" written by James Lyle and directed by Aidyn Stevens. ONE NIGHT ONLY - Sunday, June 8 at 7pm!🎭 🎟Admission is FREE! To learn more about EDP's New Works Program and to reserve your free seats, please visit: www.EdmondsDriftwoodPlayers.org/new-works/ 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. Features the acting talents of: Patrick Tolden, David Hayes, Frank Lawler, Alba Davenport, Kris Hambrick, Maggie Carrido Adams, and Dawn Simpson. Stage directions provided by Cindy Giese French. 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 Warning(s): adult language, discussion of colonialism, slavery, and political violence. (fb)