The Interview

by Kate Danley

SHORT - We all know job interviews are an exercise in white lies, but what if people spoke the truth? Mary and John are about to get honest about what's really going on.

SHORT - We all know job interviews are an exercise in white lies, but what if people spoke the truth? Mary and John are about to get honest about what's really going on.

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The Interview

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  • Lee R. Lawing: The Interview

    Brutally honest and so damn funny. It hits all the right notes about ageism in the workplace and how so many companies look for ways to let you go if they can or use you up till you only option is to quit or retire. It's gotten better in a lot places, but there's still so many 2 inch dicks out there in the world ready to pounce on the unsuspecting.

    Brutally honest and so damn funny. It hits all the right notes about ageism in the workplace and how so many companies look for ways to let you go if they can or use you up till you only option is to quit or retire. It's gotten better in a lot places, but there's still so many 2 inch dicks out there in the world ready to pounce on the unsuspecting.

  • Christopher Plumridge: The Interview

    Oh the brutal honesty of this job interview is brutally funny! It would be so much fun to perform and indeed to watch these two performers attempt to hold it together whilst delivering their lines as strait and formal as possible! There are some wonderful lines in this, many in fact, every line is perfectly honest. Wonderful!

    Oh the brutal honesty of this job interview is brutally funny! It would be so much fun to perform and indeed to watch these two performers attempt to hold it together whilst delivering their lines as strait and formal as possible! There are some wonderful lines in this, many in fact, every line is perfectly honest. Wonderful!

  • Paul Donnelly: The Interview

    What a delicious satire on the hellscape that is the job interview. The rhythms of these encounters are captured perfectly, but the spoken subtext is hilarious.

    What a delicious satire on the hellscape that is the job interview. The rhythms of these encounters are captured perfectly, but the spoken subtext is hilarious.

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Character Information

Mary - an older woman returning to the workforce
John- a younger hotshot boss
  • Mary
    An older woman returning to the workforce as an admin
    Character Age
    40+
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • John
    A hotshot young boss
    Character Age
    20s - 30s
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male

Production History

  • Type Fringe, Organization Spokane Civic Theatre’s 33rd Bryan Harnetiaux Playwrights’ Forum Festival, Year 2023
  • Type Fringe, Organization The Director's Cut UK - Art from the Heart, Year 2022