Department of Theatre Alumni
Resources for Kean Theatre Alumni.
Welcome Alumni!
Whether you were a major, a minor, or were simply involved in our productions, we hope you think of your time at Kean fondly. Theatre at Kean has been entertaining the local campus and regional community since the 1930s. Our production season, programs, and partnerships continue to delight audiences and train some of New Jersey’s finest artists. The Department's current production season model typically consists of 4 mainstage productions between the Zella Fry and the Wilkins Theatre, Musical Theatre Workshop in the Enlow Concert Hall, Theatre Council’s second stage production and cabarets, and the Director's Workshop one-acts.
Please update us on your activities since graduation by filling out the alumni survey below.
Be sure to look over the alumni services and benefits for alumni discounts to Premiere Stages productions, and to get your alumni ID card.
Check out some of the recent department news on the main department page. We hope to see you at one of our productions soon!
Alumni of the university are entitled to several benefits, which start by making sure you have your alumni ID card. Click the button below to learn more about requesting your alumni ID, alumni discounts on tickets to Premiere stages productions, and other benefits and opportunities the university offers.
Keep in touch! Fill out the Alumni Survey Form at the button below to keep the Department up to date on what you've been up too. You can also keep up on the Department's activities by following the Department's Facebook or Instagram pages, the Kean Theatre Council Facebook and Instagram Pages, or by joining the Alumni Callboard group on Facebook.
The Bauer Boucher Playwriting Awards, established in 2014 by Premiere Stages supporters W. John Bauer and Nancy Boucher, recognize the work of one Kean student and one Kean alumnus each year. The Bauer Boucher Awards support Kean University writers with enhanced visibility, dramaturgical feedback, a cash award, and the opportunity to hear their plays read out loud by an ensemble of professional actors.
Consider donating to support our programs, help maintain our spaces and equipment, contribute to our student scholarship funds or create a new scholarship to sponsor current theatre students. Click the button to make a Department of Theatre designated donation through the Kean University Foundation. Aren’t able to contribute financially? Consider contacting the department about taking on interns or mentees, doing alumni panels or spotlights, or volunteering opportunities. Your support is greatly appreciated as we continue a long tradition of dynamic theatre making and training some of New Jersey’s finest artists.
If you are considering graduate study for a masters or doctorate program, and would like our feedback or advice on your application, audition, or interview, please email us.
Additional professional resources, industry unions, job boards, and periodicals linked below.
- New Jersey Theatre Alliance
- New Jersey State Council for the Arts
- New York Foundation for the Arts
- Philadelphia Theatre Alliance
- American Theatre Magazine
- Playbill
- Backstage
- Actors Access
- Howlround Theatre Commons
- Dance Magazine
- Dance New Jersey
- American Dance Therapy Association
- North American Drama Therapy Association
- The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)
- International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians…
- The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
- Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA)
- Actors Equity Association
- Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
- Dramatists Guild
- Black Theatre United
- Asian American Arts Alliance
- Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors
- Latinx Theatre Commons
- Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Project
- MENA Arts Advocacy Coalition
- The American Theatre Wing