Premiere Stages is the professional Equity theater company in residence at Kean University.

Background

Founded in 2004, Premiere sponsors the Premiere Play Festival, a source for developing new plays. The winner of the festival receives a full-scale production as part of Premiere's season. The second-place finisher receives a staged reading to contribute to its further development. Apart from the festival winner, Premiere produces new works by established playwrights as well as established plays such as the 2006 Pulitzer Prize winning play '' Rabbit Hole'' by

David Lindsay-Abaire David Lindsay-Abaire ( Abaire; born November 14, 1969) is an American playwright, lyricist and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2007 for his play '' Rabbit Hole'', which also earned several Tony Award nominations. Early ...

. Premiere's presentation of ''Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods'', by Tammy Ryan was produced in collaboration with the Kean Human Rights Institute and

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's Darfur Rehabilitation Project. Premiere Stages is a member of

Theatre Communications Group Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is a non-profit service organization headquartered in New York City that promotes professional non-profit theatre in the United States. The organization also publishes ''American Theatre'' magazine and ''ARTSEA ...

. It is a member company of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance..

Selected alumni

The following is a list of playwrights who have developed work through Premiere Stages. * Keith Josef Adkins * George Brant * Deborah Brevoort * Martin Casella *James Christy *

Hal Corley Hal Corley is an American television writer and playwright. He was Associate Head Writer for ''All My Children'' and ''As The World Turns'', for which he won five Daytime Emmy Awards and two Writers Guild of America Awards. His plays have been d ...

* Kate Cortesi *Chris Cragin-Day * Gino DiIorio *

Sarah Gancher Sarah Gancher is an American playwright. She has worked with ensembles including the Telluride Theatre in Telluride, Colorado, The Team in New York City, and the Blue Man Group. In addition, she has assisted on the television show ''The Colbert ...

* Nick Gandiello *Craig Garcia * Keelay Gipson *

Keli Goff Keli Goff (born July 20, 1979) is an American producer, playwright, screenwriter and journalist. She is a contributor to various news outlets and has written for a number of popular television shows, including And Just Like That..., the reboo ...

* Kathryn Grant * Lindsey Ferrentino *

Willy Holtzman Willy Holtzman (born 1951) is an American playwright and screenwriter, often focusing on theatrical representations of actual historical events. Holtzman has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations, a Humanitas Prize, a Writers Guild Award, ...

* Kait Kerrigan * Kimber Lee * Rogelio Martínez *

Dominique Morisseau Dominique Morisseau (born March 13, 1978) is an American playwright and actress from Detroit, Michigan. She has authored over nine plays, three of which are part of a cycle titled ''The Detroit Project.'' She was a recipient of the MacArthur Fel ...

* Deneen Reynolds-Knott *Tammy Ryan * Jeff Talbott

References

External links

Premiere Stages at Kean

Premiere Stages
at the New Jersey Theatre Alliance
Broadway World preview of ''The Good Counselor''

{{authority control Theatre companies in New Jersey Kean University Union Township, Union County, New Jersey