Premiere Stages, the professional Equity theatre company in residence at Kean University, is pleased to recognize marked green at birth, marked female at birth by Sophie Sagan-Gutherz as a Semi-Finalist for the 2024 Premiere Play Festival. marked green at birth, marked female at birth 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 Sophie’s sensitive and vivid exploration of teenage pressures particularly resonated. Our congratulations and thanks to Sophie.

Delicious, dizzying, harrowing, I did not sign up to be perceived in this manner. Grounded and also madcap raucous wild theatrical. A freakin' feat.

I really loved these characters and particularly connected with Star, who doesn't yet have the language or life experience to put a name to what it is they're feeling every time they use food or drugs or exercise to push it away. There's something painfully familiar about these characters-the play is specific to 2008 but could take place any time. I loved how brave and vibrant these "girls" are and wanted to wrap them all in a big hug!