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On the heels of hugely successful runs at The National Theatre in London and the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, COAL MINE’s 10th anniversary season begins in September with the Canadian Premiere of Annie Baker’s newest work, INFINITE LIFE.

A surprisingly funny inquiry into the complexities of human suffering through a distinctly female lens, former Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival, Jackie Maxwell, makes her Coal Mine directorial debut.

““Women’s problems” is a phrase that is guaranteed to leave many people, including much of the medical establishment, rolling their eyes and shrugging,” comments Maxwell. “Annie Baker takes them all on in her provocative new play in which we meet five women “of a certain age” who are all attending a desert fasting retreat for chronic illnesses. This is Ms. Baker at her best…”

INFINITE LIFE boasts an all-star cast including Brenda Bazinet (Shoot the Messenger), Ari Cohen (The Antipodes), Kyra Harper (Hard Rock Medical), Christine Horne (Angels in America), Nancy Palk (August, Osage County), and Jean Yoon (Kim’s Convenience). With Set and Costume Design by Joyce Padua, Lighting Design by Steve Lucas and Sound Design by Olivia Wheeler.

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In October, a beloved friend of the COAL MINE, Schitt’s Creek’s Noah Reid, makes his return to the theatre alongside rising star Mazin Elsadig (Topdog Underdog, Pipeline) in the Toronto Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter’s A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, directed by Ted Dykstra.

Reid returns to the Toronto stage following his recent Broadway debut in Tracy Lett’s The Meeting and a starring role in the Amazon series Outer Range. Winner of the 2022 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD is a thoughtful and meditative two-hander, both intimate and expansive as it explores themes of parenthood, financial insecurity, and empathy.

“To me, the COAL MINE represents everything I find exciting about the theatre: the immediacy of live performance, and the timelessness of brilliant writing,” offers Reid. “I just trust their taste, both as an actor and as an audience member.”

With Set and Lighting Design by Nick Blais, Costume Design by Des’ree Gray and Sound Design by Aaron Jensen.

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In the new year, company co-founder and former Artistic Director Diana Bentley (Yerma) teams up with uber-talented choreographer Alyssa Martin (Sex Dalmatian/Rock Bottom Movement) for the Canadian Premiere of Duncan Macmillan’s acclaimed PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS.

A quest of addiction recovery that combines dance, virtuosic design, and performance, the production will star Louise Lambert in the role that elevated Denise Gough to international prominence and won her the Olivier Award, currently remounting in the west end.

"I don't think there is a play that deals with addiction as viscerally and brilliantly as Duncan MacMillan's PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS does," shares Bentley. "Collaborating with Movement Director Alyssa Martin to bring such a vivid experience to life in the intimacy of the Coal Mine is a dream come true. And of course it's the perfect part for Louise Lambert and her astonishing talents.”

Lambert (Detroit, Yerma) will be joined by Soulpepper veteran Oliver Dennis, making his COAL MINE debut, Farhang Ghajar (The Seagull), Fiona Reid (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Hedda Gabler), Kaleb Tekeste (CLUE), Matthew Gouviea (Killer Joe), Sam Grist (Sex Dalmatian) and Sarah Murphy-Dyson (Off-Kilter). With Set Design by Steve Lucas, Costume Design by Laura Delchiaro, Lighting Design by Bonnie Beecher and Sound Design by Thomas Ryder Payne.

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The 10th anniversary season concludes with JOB by Max Wolf Friedlich, in a production directed by David Ferry and starring one of Canada’s most esteemed and iconic stage performers, Diego Matamoros, alongside Charlotte Dennis, making her debut as Jane.

JOB premiered off-Broadway in the fall of 2023 at the Soho Playhouse, returned to New York in January of this year in a limited run at the Connelly Theatre, and has just begun previews at the Hayes Theatre on Broadway this week. Coal Mine audiences will be the very first in the world outside of New York to see it.

The story of an employee of a big tech company who arrives in the office of a crisis therapist after being placed on leave, JOB made a huge splash on this last New York theatre season, receiving accolades from all the major press and described as “New York’s buzziest play” (The Daily Beast). An essential addition to the western contemporary theatre canon, JOB takes on that most immediate of subjects, what it means to be a citizen of the internet and our obligation to help those who need it the most.