JOB // APRIL 20 - MAY 18, 2025

“…Job is terrifyingly evocative and layered with suspense.” — Intermission Magazine

THE COAL MINE THEATRE PRESENTS THE CANADIAN PREMIERE OF:

JOB

By Max Wolf Friedlich
Directed by David Ferry

Jane, an employee at the big tech company (you know the one), has been placed on leave after becoming the subject of a viral video. She arrives in the office of a crisis therapist – Loyd – determined to be reinstated to the job that gives her life meaning. A psychological thriller, Job zooms in on two careerists of different generations, genders and political paradigms to examine what it means to be a citizen of the internet and our obligation to help the people who need it most.

“New York’s buzziest play… riveting.”
– The Daily Beast

“80 minutes of pretty much pure tension. A slick, cleverly crafted drop-tower ride.”
– Vulture

Critic’s Pick! “Nimble… Job, a tight, 80-minute play by Max Wolf Friedlich, is filled with so many ideas that it seems to expand beyond the walls.”
– The New York Times

“Engrossing, disturbing and frequently funny. It might even scare you off social media for a day or two.”
– The New Yorker

Job premiered off-Broadway at the Soho Playhouse on September 6, 2023. Directed by Michael Herwitz, the production featured Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon. On January 19, 2024, the production returned to New York for a limited run at the Connelly Theatre.

CAST

  • Photo by Elana Emer

  • Photo by Elana Emer

CREATIVE TEAM

PLAYWRIGHT: Max Wolf Friedlich
DIRECTOR: David Ferry
SET DESIGNER: Nick Blais
COSTUME DESIGNER: Ellie Koffman
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Wesley Babcock
SOUND DESIGNER: Michael Wanless
ASSISTANT SET DESIGNER: Addie Moody

STAGE MANAGER: Sam Hale

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PROVIDED BY: WxW (What by When)
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION: Wesley Babcock (WxW)
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Nathan Gregory (WxW)
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Geoffrey Armour (WxW)
HEAD OF PROPS: Matthew Hall
HOUSE TECHNICIAN: Cooper Hiebert

  • Photography by Elana Emer

REVIEWS

"You will watch Max Wolf Friedlich’s play Job through the lens of your own screen habits."

“As the play ventures into darker and more violent territory, director David Ferry sculpts the tension into something thick enough to cut.”

"Matamoros is tender and compelling as Loyd"

— Globe and Mail, Critic’s Pick

"Ferry’s direction is so strong and the performances of Matamoros and Dennis so powerful and so intense that we push ourselves back in our seats readying ourselves for whatever bomb Friedlich has set up to explode."

“From beginning to end Dennis gives us a tension-filled portrait of a young woman on the edge of oblivion."

— Stage Door

“Dennis’s physicality conveys a high-tension mix of confidence and terror; her cadences are both colloquial and articulate, and there are touching moments when her voice suddenly shifts its origin within her body, colouring her words with sudden emotional truth.”

— Toronto Star