Sick

by Zayd Dohrn

A college professor brings a student home to meet his dysfunctional family - a home so obsessed with cleanliness that the real dirt lurks around every corner and behind every sentence. Toying with the phobias of the modern age, this dark comic drama plays upon our fears, both real and imagined.

A college professor brings a student home to meet his dysfunctional family - a home so obsessed with cleanliness that the real dirt lurks around every corner and behind every sentence. Toying with the phobias of the modern age, this dark comic drama plays upon our fears, both real and imagined.

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Sick

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  • Eric Pfeffinger: Sick

    Stories about characters who neurotically cocoon themselves against the contagion of the outside world are nothing new, but this play does an absorbing job of mapping that idea onto relatable family dynamics with dramatic tension and pitch-black humor.

    Stories about characters who neurotically cocoon themselves against the contagion of the outside world are nothing new, but this play does an absorbing job of mapping that idea onto relatable family dynamics with dramatic tension and pitch-black humor.

  • National New Play Network: Sick

    Sick by Zayd Dohrn received a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. The partnering NNPN Member Theaters were Kitchen Dog Theater (Dallas, TX), Southern Rep Theatre (New Orleans, LA), and New Jersey Repertory Theatre (Long Branch).

    Sick by Zayd Dohrn received a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. The partnering NNPN Member Theaters were Kitchen Dog Theater (Dallas, TX), Southern Rep Theatre (New Orleans, LA), and New Jersey Repertory Theatre (Long Branch).

Development History

  • Type Workshop, Organization Public Theatre, Year 2009
  • Type Reading, Organization Alliance Theatre, Year 2009
  • Type Reading, Organization Aurora Theatre, Year 2009

Production History

  • Type Professional, Organization Luna Stage Company, Year 2010
  • Type Professional, Organization Berkshire Theatre Festival, Year 2009
  • Type Professional, Organization Capital T, Year 2009
  • Type Professional, Organization New Jersey Rep, Year 2009
  • Type Professional, Organization Southern Rep, Year 2009
  • Type Professional, Organization Kitchen Dog Theatre, Year 2008