INFINITE LIFE // SEPTEMBER 6 - SEPTEMBER 29, 2024
"...a profoundly honest inquiry: into pain, suffering and self-acceptance."
— Toronto Star
THE COAL MINE THEATRE PRESENTS THE CANADIAN PREMIERE OF:
INFINITE LIFE
By Annie Baker
Directed by Jackie Maxwell
Five women in Northern California fasting/health resort sit outside on chaise lounges and philosophize. A surprisingly funny inquiry into the complexity of suffering, and what it means to desire in a body that’s failing you.
“An undeniably important and timely work... often mesmerizing and undeniably audacious.”
– The Guardian
“Illness is no metaphor, and neither is pleasure, in Annie Baker’s weird and great new play... Infinite Life is very weird and great. Like The Flick, The Aliens, John and other previous work, it peeps at the greatest mysteries of life – in this case principally pain and desire, and what they have in common – through the tiny, seemingly inconsequential windows of banal human behavior.”
– Jesse Green, The New York Times
“Infinite Life turns chronic pain into complex pleasure... in this primal, honest drama, strangers gather at a northern California clinic, grow closer, then disperse after grazing past each other’s lives.”
– Observer
Infinite Life premiered off-Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company on August 18, 2023. Directed by James Macdonald, the production featured Marylouise Burke, Mia Katigbak, Christina Kirk, Kristine Nielsen, Brenda Pressley and Pete Simpson.
CAST
CREATIVE TEAM
PLAYWRIGHT: Annie Baker
DIRECTOR: Jackie Maxwell
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN: Joyce Padua
LIGHTING DESIGN: Steve Lucas
SOUND DESIGN: Olivia Wheeler
STAGE MANAGER: Katie Fitz-Gerald
APPRENTICE STAGE MANAGER: Kayleigh Mundy
HEAD OF PROPS: Chynah Philadelphia
HEAD OF WARDROBE: Chris Faris
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PROVIDED BY: WxW (What by When )
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION/TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Wesley Babcock (WxW)
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Erik Richards (WxW)
HOUSE TECHNICIAN: Lilian Adom
REVIEWS
“…big on atmosphere, on fleeting flashes of insight, on human comedy…Horne does incredible work”
"[Horne] tops her Hamlet of a few years ago."
"I'm grateful Coal Mine has so quickly produced [Infinite Life] in Toronto.
— Globe and Mail
“…a note-perfect Canadian premiere”
“…beautifully intimate”
"...a profoundly honest inquiry: into pain, suffering and self-acceptance."
"…the six-member company... are all in top form."
— Toronto Star
"…unforgettable show"
"Jean Yoon is hilarious... a total delight to watch."
"This is a stunning opening to Coal Mine’s 10th anniversary season which you won’t want to miss."