JOB - A theatrical review - by Jeremiah Johnson
This post will contain spoilers for the plot of JOB, but the play has already ended its theatrical run so it’s not like a real spoiler. I want to recap the plot of the play and talk about the topics, themes, and why the whole thing works so well. This isn’t the usual Infinite Scroll post, but I think by the end of it you’ll see why I was so fascinated by this production.
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JOB opens in media res to a young Gen-Z woman pointing a gun at an older man in a therapist’s office in San Francisco, as the man holds up his hands and shouts “Woah, Woah, Woooooooaah!” at her.
The woman appears to be in a funk, and then snaps out it and begins frantically apologizing to the man. As she tries to convince him she’s not going to hurt him, we learn that the man, Loyd, is a therapist and the young woman, Jane, is a patient seeking a ‘clean bill of health’ recommendation to be able to return to her job. So, you know, holding a gun to his head is not quite the start Jane was looking for.
