After being placed on leave following a viral workplace incident, Jane would do anything to return to her Big Tech job. But as the therapist who needs to authorize it, Loyd suspects her work might be doing more harm than good.
Max Wolf Friedlich’s thriller has taken the theater world by a storm, with its thought-provoking premise, relentlessly tense atmosphere, and superb acting delivered by its two-person cast, Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon.
FOLCS went to Broadway on Tuesday, October 22, for a performance of Job followed by a discussion with actors Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon, and playwright Max Wolf Friedlich.
Peter Friedman
Actor
Peter Friedman has been in the original New York productions of works by Wendy Wasserstein, Annie Baker, Amy Herzog, Max Posner, Greg Pierce, Jennifer Haley, Deborah Zoe Laufer, The Debate Society, Rachel Bonds, Lauren Yee, Will Eno, Michael Mitnick, Kim Rosenstock, Will Connolly, Gunnar Madsen, Joy Gregory, John Lang, Israel Horovitz, Susan Stroman, David Thompson, John Kander, Terrence McNally, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, and in NYC revivals of plays by Paddy Chayefsky, Reginald Rose, Donald Margulies, Chekhov and Shakespeare. Film: The Savages, Safe, She Said. TV: “Brooklyn Bridge,” “The Muppet Show,” “High Maintenance,” “The Affair,” “The Path,” “Succession,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.”
Sydney Lemmon
Actor
Sydney Lemmon originated the role of Jane in the Off-Broadway productions of JOB at the SoHo Playhouse and the Connelly Theater. Broadway: The Parisian Woman. Film: Academy Award-nominated Tár, Blumhouse’s Firestarter, Dan Gilroy’s Velvet Buzzsaw and upcoming independent features Naked in the Park and The Philosophy of Dress. Television: “Helstrom” (Marvel/Hulu), “Succession” (HBO), “Fear the Walking Dead” (AMC, Saturn Award nomination). BFA: Boston University, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. MFA: Yale School of Drama.
Max Wolf Friedlich
Playwright
Max Wolf Friedlich is a writer from New York City. His career began in 2012, at age 17, with his play Sleep Over at the Cherry Lane as part of the New York Fringe Festival. For JOB (SoHo Playhouse, Connelly Theater) he was nominated for the John Gassner Award for Best New American Play. He was a writer in residence at NYSAF’s Powerhouse Theater Development Center. He would like to thank the organizations who supported him growing up: The New Acting Company, HB Studios, Mind the Gap at NYTW, Stephen Sondheim’s Young Playwrights Inc, The Blank Theater’s National Young Playwrights Festival and The Powerhouse Apprentice Training Company. He is a proud staff member at the Wayfinder Experience, a live-action role playing camp for kids and teens in upstate New York. For more information on what inspired JOB, go to www.melissa-stern.com.