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Premiere Stages

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

Background

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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.[1] 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.[2] Premiere's presentation of Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods, by Tammy Ryan was produced in collaboration with the Kean Human Rights Institute and Newark's Darfur Rehabilitation Project.[3]

Premiere Stages is a member of Theatre Communications Group. It is a member company of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance..

Selected alumni

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The following is a list of playwrights who have developed work through Premiere Stages.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "Any Other Name, a CurtainUp New Jersey theater review".
  2. ^ Wells, Stephen (12 September 2008). "Sounds of Silence, and Anguish". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Premiere Stages reads 'The Jag' to open new season on Kean stage, Union". 20 June 2010.
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