Wants is a poetic meditation on desire, longing and fulfillment. Angela wishes for a child and finds a baby in the woods. Beth longs for intimacy, but escapes her cold, abusive relationship by hiding in Black Holes. Claire struggles with entropy; her house, her body, her dreams are all falling down around her.

Writer/performer Lenora Champagne originally created Wants as a one-person show, which she performed at Dance Theater Workshop, The Vineyard Theater and the Public Theater. I worked with her to stage it for the first time as a three-character drama. The specific, heightened aesthetic we created gave shape to the piece and allowed Champagne's evocative images, unconventional characters and poetic language to soar.