Smartly structured dark comedy. Keeping a backyard play compelling is really tough, but this felt effortless. Foreclosure never stopped being clever, thanksin large part to the fantastic brashness of the purely desperate characters. The pain can be fun to watch and mirrors the infuriating ridiculousness of the housing crisis to begin with.

A powerful and vital play for our time as so many families are working through losing their homes. Moving, funny and well done.

Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize “Foreclosure” by Vincent Delaney as a finalist for the 2019 Premiere Play Festival. “Foreclosure” rose through a competitive selection process conducted by Premiere staff and a panel of outside theatre professionals to become one of just 4 finalists out of 659 submissions. The panel was particularly impressed by the play’s snappy, sharply written dialogue; its moving examination of homelessness and economic fragility in the American west; and its humorous exploration of neighborliness, good or otherwise. Our congratulations and thanks to Vincent.