UNION – Premiere Stages, the professional theatre company in residence at Kean University, has named Kean University student Riv Dabul (Class of ’24) and alumnus Dustin Ballard (Class of ‘09) as the winners of the 2024 Bauer Boucher Playwriting Awards, named for longtime donors W. John Bauer and Nancy Boucher. Both winners received a cash prize and a one-day developmental reading of their plays with a professional cast and director.