UNION — Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, is accepting submissions for their annual Premiere Play Festival beginning Monday, September 1. This yearly competition for un-produced scripts offers developmental and production opportunities to up to four playwrights with strong ties to the greater metropolitan area (New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Delaware). Previous winners of the Premiere Play Festival have included Dominique Morisseau, Tammy Ryan, Keith Josef Adkins, Kathyrn Grant, Craig Garcia, Erik Gernand, Erin Breznitsky, Scott Organ and Vincent Delaney.