THE ALIENS // SEPTEMBER 20 — OCTOBER 8, 2017

 

“The Aliens provides no definitive answers, but, wow, does it offer up lots of essential questions.”—Now Magazine

THE COAL MINE THEATRE PRESENTS:

THE ALIENS

Written by Annie Baker & Directed by Mitchell Cushman

Behind a Vermont coffee shop is where misfits Jasper and KJ find asylum from the achingly lonely world around them. Here they are geniuses. Here they are the next best novelist and a spiritual healer. Here they meet seventeen-year-old café employee Evan, who is pulled into to their world of magic mushrooms, philosophical musings, and would-be rock bands. THE ALIENS is a cruel and compassionate examination of a lost generation in modern-day America.

“We’re lucky to be living in the era of Annie Baker,”
The New Yorker

CAST

CREATIVE TEAM

WRITTEN BY: Annie Baker

DIRECTED BY: Mitchell Cushman

SET & COSTUME DESIGN: Anahita Dehbonehie

LIGHTING DESIGN: Nick Blais

SOUND DESIGN: Sam Sholdice


AWARDS

Toronto Theatre Critics Awards

WINNER - BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A PLAY - Maxwell Haynes

Dora Awards - Independent Theatre Division

WINNER - OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE MALE - Maxwell Haynes

NOMINATED - OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION

NOMINATED - OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN

REVIEWS

 

“Existential pain, masculinity on brilliant display”

★★★1/2

The Toronto Star

“It also reaffirms the Coal Mine as one of this city’s most interesting theatre companies, willing to take on challenges and able to deliver on them.”

Digital Journal