A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD // NOVEMBER  3 - DECEMBER 6, 2024

Poster Design by Kostis Petridis

THE COAL MINE THEATRE PRESENTS THE TORONTO PREMIERE OF:

A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

By Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Ted Dykstra

A Case for the Existence of God unfolds in a cubicle where two seated people unexpectedly choose to bring one another into their fragile worlds. Keith, a mortgage broker, and Ryan, a yogurt plant worker seeking to buy a plot of land that belonged to his family many decades ago, realize they share a "specific kind of sadness." At this desk in the middle of America, loan talk opens up into a discussion about the chokehold of financial insecurity and a bond over the precariousness of single fatherhood. With humor, empathy and wrenching honesty, Hunter commingles two lives and deftly bridges disparate experiences of marginality.

Winner 2022 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Best Play

“[A] must-see heartbreaker of a play.”
Jesse Green, The New York Times

Critic’s Pick! “Heartbreaking... though A Case makes the connection between personal and societal calamity more explicit than ever – can it be just an accident that it’s set in Twin Falls? – it may also be the purest example yet of Hunter’s approach to playwriting as an experiment in empathy.”
The New York Times

“Phenomenal. Transcendent. An instant classic.”
Theatrely

NOVEMBER  3 - DECEMBER 6, 2024

PREVIEW PERFORMANCES
Sunday November 3, Tuesday November 5 and Wednesday November 6, 2024 at 7:30pm

OPENING NIGHT
Thursday, November 7 at 7:30pm

FOR A FULL VIEW OF ALL PERFORMANCES AND AVAILABILITY, VISIT THE ONLINE BOX OFFICE

STARRING

Mazin Elsadig & Noah Reid

Written by: Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by: Ted Dykstra
Set and Lighting Design by: Nick Blais
Costume Design by: Des’ree Gray
Sound Design and Composition by: Aaron Jensen
Associate Sound Designer: Shaun McPherson
Head of Props: Bill Corcoran

Stage Manager: Robert Harding

Production Management Provided By: WxW (What by When )
Director of Production: Wesley Babcock (WxW)
Production Manager:  Carlos Varela (WxW)
Technical Director: Anthony Allan
House Technician: Lilian Adom

Run Time: 1 hour and 25 minutes, no intermission

AGE RECOMMENDATION: 14+


T R I G G E R W A R N I N G

A Case for the Existence of God contains subject matter that may cause distress or trigger challenging emotions for some audience members.

If you wish to read a detailed list of trigger warnings (SPOILER ALERT), CLICK HERE