Job

by Max Wolf Friedlich

Sept 29th to October 11 | The Cultch Historic Theatre

Starring Elizabeth Barrett and Brian Markinson

Directed by: Mindy Parfitt

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.

Set Design: Amir Ofek

Costume Design: Alaia Hamer

Sound Design: Kate DeLorme

Lighting Design: Gerald King

Props Supervisor: Stephen Field Elgar

Stage Manager: Jenny Kim

Assistant Stage Manager: Jessica Bournival

Technical Director: Jessica Han

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.

“The first minute-and-a-half of JOB might be the most riveting scenes I have ever seen in the theatre.”

– JO LEDINGHAM

“Elizabeth Barrett’s work as Jane is, without a doubt, one of the finest feats of acting we’ll witness this season – or, honestly, any other season.”

– COLIN THOMAS

“Vancouver is lucky to have a company as assured as The Search Party, and actors as committed and capable as Elizabeth Barrett and Brian Markinson, to bring the much-debated smash here.”

– JANET SMITH

All photos of Elizabeth Barrett and Brian Markinson by Emily Cooper

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The Search Party is grateful to operate on the traditional, unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.