Current Readings

- Bauer Boucher Awards
- Feb 3 & Feb 26
- 2025
Bauer Boucher Playwriting Award Winners
Premiere Stages is proud to announce the winners of the Bauer Boucher Playwriting Award! Kean University student Tyler Sautner (Class of ‘25) is the winner of the student award and Megan Tobias (Class of ‘19) is the winner of the alumni award.
Past Readings

- PLAY FESTIVAL FINALIST
- Nov 22-24
- 2024
Castling
In “Castling,” workers at a local tire shop in Newark play chess as part of their daily morning ritual. But when their long standing workplace becomes the target of a business takeover, they scramble to avoid being put into the ultimate checkmate.

- Reading Series
- June 6 - 10
- 2024
Play Festival Reading Series
You are invited to the 19th Annual Festival Finalists Reading Series, featuring the four finalists of the 2024 Premiere Play Festival at the Bauer Boucher Theatre Center, Kean University.