Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize HALF OF CHOPSTICKS by Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters as a Semi-Finalist for the 2022 Premiere Play Festival. HALF OF CHOPSTICKS rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of 35 semifinalists out of 655 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the subversion of expectations for a ghost on stage, the fast-paced dialogue, and its clear dramatic question around issues of identity, community, and assimilation. Our congratulations and thanks to Stephanie.

A lovely play about family and so much more. The use of the ghost of the deceased father is a marvelous device to illuminate generations and loss and grievances that take determined work to resolve. The play and these determined characters do that work, and it's wonderful to behold.

Half of Chopsticks is such a great play about family and struggle. I absolutely love Korean culture so it was amazing to actually find one that I LOVED! Also who doesn't love a play that incorporates food! This is a MUST READ!!