Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize The Family Saves a Life by jose sebastian alberdi as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. The play 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 impressed by its distinct characters and loved the purposely sketchy details of the world of this play, keeping with the tunnel-vision through which the family experiences the world. Our congratulations and thanks to jose.

A horrific play about what makes someone "good." An amazing contemplation on the issues of abortion and climate change. Really want to see this play fully produced. This has potential for some really brilliant sound design.

If we're all doomed, we might as well have a play like this to take the edge off. This is a terrifying, beautiful play. It is a literal nightmare. I'm chilled to the bone. Sebastian is a formidable writer.