←Premiere Stages at Kean University

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Matthew Libby as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. Tomorrow and Tomorrow rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the play’s touching and thought-provoking exploration of personal relationships, time, and the consequences of actions. Our congratulations and thanks to Matthew.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize This Is A Play About Buttons by Emily Wanamaker as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. This Is A Play About Buttons rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel found the play to be a highly inventive satire of the corporate American workplace, exploring ideas of productivity, burnout, ethics, and the human psyche. Our congratulations and thanks to Emily.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize The World I Have Known by Kari Bentley-Quinn as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. The World I Have Known rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by how the play is a touching examination of grief, mental health, and the complicated forces that entangle families. Our congratulations and thanks to Kari.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize The Family Saves a Life by jose sebastian alberdi as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. The play rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel was impressed by its distinct characters and loved the purposely sketchy details of the world of this play, keeping with the tunnel-vision through which the family experiences the world. Our congratulations and thanks to jose.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize Snobs Vs The Underdogs by Kia Barbee as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. The play rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the play’s ensemble of diverse characters and great engagement with inside perspective on what it's like to be teachers in public schools right now. Our congratulations and thanks to Kia.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize SCRIBE by L M Feldman as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. SCRIBE rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the play’s insightful and dynamic dialogue, and how time and place are skillfully used to set a powerful stage for the narrative. Our congratulations and thanks to L M Feldman.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize Nightwatch by Max Yu as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. Nightwatch rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by how the play is a unique, well-written piece that deals with issues of cultural identity, oppressive governmental regimes, and quiet acts of revolution, all through the lens of one family's relationship. Our congratulations and thanks to Max.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize marked green at birth, marked female at birth by Sophie Sagan-Gutherz as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. marked green at birth, marked female at birth rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by Sophie’s sensitive and vivid exploration of teenage pressures particularly resonated. Our congratulations and thanks to Sophie.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize Lemuria by Bonnie Antosh as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. Lemuria rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by Bonnie’s use of dreamlike anthropomorphism to explore environmental issues and complex relationships, and Sophie’s sensitive and vivid exploration of teenage pressures particularly resonated. Our congratulations and thanks to Bonnie.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize Land of No Mercy by Rae Binstock as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. Land of No Mercy rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 48 Semi-Finalists out of 760 submissions. The panel found it to be a moving, funny exploration of marriage and the hopes and fears that can shape a culture. Our congratulations and thanks to Rae.