Want runs approximately 75 minutes, and will be presented without an intermission.

Synopsis

A group of former junkies and sex addicts gather in a California beach flophouse to overcome their desires with an aggressive dose of "tough love" group therapy. When a strange young woman shows up on their doorstep, their sobriety, celibacy and faith in each other are all put to the test. The denizens of Zayd Dohrn's Want follow a new age approach which begs the question: cure or cult?

Zayd Dohrn is a playwright and screenwriter. His plays, including Sick, Magic Forest Farm, Reborning and Outside People, have been produced and developed across the country, including Manhattan Theatre Club, Berkshire Theatre Festival, MCC, Marin Theatre Company, The Public (SPF), Naked Angels, South Coast Rep, The Vineyard, Southern Rep, Kitchen Dog, The Lark, New York Theatre Workshop and San Francisco Playhouse.


Want is part of the 7th Annual First Look Repertory of New Work

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The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust is the Production Sponsor of the First Look Repertory of New Work.

Watch & Listen

  1. Meet the Playwrights of First Look

    Meet the Playwrights of First Look

  2. First Look

    First Look's Want in Production

  3. First Look

    First Look's Want in Rehearsal

  4. First Look Teaser

    First Look Teaser

Cast & Artists

The Artists

The Cast

  • Audrey Francis
  • Janelle Kroll
  • Mark L. Montgomery
  • Kendra Thulin
  • Mick Weber

Program Articles

Hello First Look Audiences!

Welcome from Artistic Producer Rebecca Rugg

Want: Playwright and Director in Conversation

A conversation between director Kimberly Senior and playwright Zayd Dohrn

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