The New Group's world premiere of Things We Want by Jonathan Marc Sherman begins performances tonight October 22 at Theatre Row,
directed by Ethan Hawke. Kicking off The
New Group's 2007-2008 season, the production features Paul Dano, Peter
Dinklage, Josh Hamilton and Zoe Kazan.
This limited Off-Broadway engagement will play through
December 15 at The New Group @ Theatre Row (The Acorn Theater/410 West 42nd
Street). Things We Want will have its Official Opening Night on Wednesday,
November 7 at 7PM.
"In Things We Want,
three brothers reunite in their inherited childhood home. Forced to live together again as adults, they
struggle to redefine themselves as they pursue the things they want in
life. While facing their own personal
obstacles, a drastic shift in dynamics occurs when a sexy young neighbor
suddenly enters their lives," explain press notes. Directed by Ethan Hawke,
this dark comedy by Jonathan Marc Sherman paints an insightful and bittersweet
picture of the illusions people have about what makes them happy and what is
within their power to change.
This production features Paul Dano, Peter Dinklage, Josh
Hamilton and Zoe Kazan.
Jonathan Marc Sherman's playwriting credits include Serendipity and Serenity, Women and Wallace, Jesus on the Oil Tank (21st Century Playwrights Award), Sons and Fathers (Playwrights Horizons),
Veins and Thumbtacks (Malaparte
Theater Company), Sophistry
(Playwrights Horizons) and Evolution
(Culture Project).
As an actor, Ethan Hawke's theater credits include The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award
nomination), Hurlyburly (The New
Group), Henry IV (Lincoln Center),
Chekov's The Seagull, The Late Henry Moss (Signature Theatre
Company), The Cider House Rules, Sam
Shepard's Buried Child (Steppenwolf
Theatre Company), Sophistry
(Playwrights Horizons), Tennessee Williams' Camino
Real (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and many others with the Malaparte
Theater Company, where he is also Artistic Director. His film credits include: Assault on Precinct 13, Before Sunset (Academy Award Nomination
– Adapted Screenplay), Training Day, Before Sunrise,
Hamlet, Gattaca, Reality Bites, Alive, Dead Poets Society and Lord
of War. In 1992, Hawke co-founded Malaparte (nonprofit theater company in
NYC). Things We Want marks Hawke's Off-Broadway directorial debut.
Set Design is by Derek McLane; costume design is by Mattie
Ullrich; lighting Design is by Jeff Croiter; sound Design is by Daniel Baker.
Things We Want plays at The New Group @ Theatre Row (The Acorn Theater / 410 West 42nd Street,
between 9th & 10th Ave)
as follows: Monday at 8PM, Tuesday at 7PM, Wednesday through Saturday at 8PM
and Saturday at 2PM. Please note: No
performance on Thursday, November 22.
There will be an additional performance at 7Pm on Sunday, November 25.
Tickets are on-sale through Ticket Central at www.ticketcentral.com or (212)
279-4200, or at the Theatre Row Box Office (12:00–8:00 PM daily). Tickets are
$56.25. For more information, visit www.thenewgroup.org.
