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

Content Advisory

Steppenwolf does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person.If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects(such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.

Watch & Listen

First Look's Want in Rehearsal
First Look's Want in Production
First Look Teaser
First Look Teaser
Meet the Playwrights of First Look
First Look Teaser
Meet the Playwrights of First Look
First Look Teaser
Meet the Playwrights of First Look

Cast & Artists

The Artists

The Cast

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

Content Advisory

Steppenwolf does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person.If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects(such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 312-335-1650.
Want runs approximately 75 minutes, and will be presented without an intermission.