I saw a reading of LEMURIA at the 2026 Colorado New Play Summit last month and fell in love - have not stopped thinking about this play since! I was instantly endeared to Sebastian and M, and loved the complexity (and toxicity - and how love can coexist with it) of the relationships among Miriam, Reagan, and Anabelle. LEMURIA brilliantly captures the complicated boundaries of mentorship and competition, and also finds plenty of time and space for delightful whimsy in the form of lemurs.

LEMURIA is charming and fulfilling. I loved the research and specificity that illuminates the entire story. Even though we may not be lemur experts, the script trusts us to learn as we go, quickly and cleverly establishing the lab’s hierarchy of characters, and their various hearts’ desires. Delicious, educational, and unapologetically sexy.

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.