The play revolves around a young woman Jane (Sydney Lemmon) with her therapist Loyd (Peter Friedman).
It is revealed throughout the play that Jane has recently taken a forced leave of absence from her job as a content moderator following a public mental breakdown.
Additionally, many details are revealed about Loyd, including that he had graduated from UC Berkeley, he was previously married, and he had two children (a boy and a girl, the latter of whom committed suicide at 13).
Originally written as part of IAMA Theatre Company's emerging writer's group, Job was the winner of the inaugural SoHo Playhouse Lighthouse Series.
[8] It was announced that the play would transfer to the smallest house on Broadway, the 600-seat Helen Hayes Theatre from July 15 through September 29.
It was labeled as a "Critic’s Pick" in The New York Times, with Juan A. Ramirez describing it as "a tight, 80-minute play [that] is filled with so many ideas that it seems to expand beyond the walls of the tiny SoHo Playhouse ... Friedlich’s clever updating of the generational-divide format is not undermined by the play’s thematic vastness.