LEMURIA by Bonnie Antosh

Professor Anabelle Katz-Carver, the greatest primatologist since Jane Goodall, runs her elite research lab as a strict matriarchy. After grooming potential successors for decades, she's finally ready to choose an heir — but in the animal kingdom and in our own, how does a queen pass the crown on to another queen? LEMURIA is an inheritance drama about dominance, queer Southern scientists, academic lineage,...
Professor Anabelle Katz-Carver, the greatest primatologist since Jane Goodall, runs her elite research lab as a strict matriarchy. After grooming potential successors for decades, she's finally ready to choose an heir — but in the animal kingdom and in our own, how does a queen pass the crown on to another queen? LEMURIA is an inheritance drama about dominance, queer Southern scientists, academic lineage, sex, and - yes - lemurs. (4 f / 1 m / 1 nonbinary)

* Ensemble Studio Theatre / Sloan Commission (’20-’21)
* EST’s First Light Festival, dir. Pirronne Yousefzadeh (’21)
* JOOK MS’s Summer Spotlight Series, facilitated by Randy Redd, Taylor Newby, and Quinn Gilchrist ('21)
* SETC Getchell New Play Contest, Finalist (‘22)
* Threshold Theater New Play Reading Series, dir. Denzel Belin (upcoming Spring ‘22)
* EST - Second Developmental Workshop (upcoming NYC '22)
* NY Classical — New Visions Play Development Program (upcoming NYC '22)
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  • Premiere Stages:
    14 Jun. 2024
    “ 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. ”
  • Quinn Gilchrist:
    2 Mar. 2023
    “ A smart ensemble piece centering around a lab full of diverse and dynamic characters. It has the perfect balance of heart and comedy while not shying away from the nature of an academic setting. It has something for everyone, but especially for those not usually represented in the scientific community. Plus lemur puppets! ”
  • Shaun Leisher:
    20 Jan. 2023
    “ An excellent play about the ways humans and animals connect with each other. PRODUCE THIS PLAY!!
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4 F/ 1 M / 1 Nonbinary