COAL MINE THEATRE first play of its 10th anniversary season will be held over through October 6 due to popular demand.

Arriving on the heels of hugely successful runs at The National Theatre in London and the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, INFINITE LIFE is the third production of Baker’s work at the COAL MINE, following acclaimed productions of The Aliens in 2017 and The Antipodes in 2022.

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 with 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), returning to the Toronto stage for the first time since appearing in Kim’s Convenience on stage in 2017.

In the play, five women at a Northern California “fasting/healing retreat” sit outside on chaise lounges and philosophize in a bold, dream-like story exploring what it means to desire in a body that’s failing you.

Considered one of the finest contemporary English-language dramatists of her generation, Annie Baker is a leading American playwright whose plays also include: The Antipodes, John, The Flick (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Susan Smith Blackburn Award, Obie Award for Playwriting), Circle Mirror Transformation (Obie Award for Best New American Play, Drama Desk nomination for Best New American Play), The Aliens (Obie Award for Best New American Play), Body Awareness (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play/Emerging Playwright), and an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival).

Wednesday, October 2 at 7:30pm

Thursday, October 3 at 7:30pm

Friday, October 4 at 7:30pm

Saturday, October 5 at 7:30pm

Sunday, October 6 at 2:00pm

Tickets are available now at www.coalminetheatre.com.