Necessities, a new drama by Velina Hasu Houston, directed by Mary Bremer, deals with a successful film producer's quest for self-fulfillment in her personal life. Unable to conceive a child and rejected by adoption agencies, Zelda Kelly turns to an alternative solution: arranging for a private adoption through a newspaper ad. Her appointments with young mothers willing to give up their babies soon proves troubling to Zelda and her husband, Danny. These problems force the Kellys to examine what is truly missing in their lives.

The cast of Necessities featured Marilyn Mays as Zelda Kelly and Wayne David Parker as her husband, Danny. John Lepard played Zelda's personal assistant and Sandra Marquez is Zelda's best friend, Elizabeth. The three young women that Zelda interviews about potential private adoptions were played by Cheri Johnson, Elizabeth Keiser and Karen Kron. Tim Pickering completed the cast as an irate boyfriend of one of the young women.