No Exit (French: Huis clos, pronounced [ɥi klo]) is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The play was first performed at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in May 1944.[1] The play begins with three characters who find themselves waiting in a mysterious room. It is a depiction of the afterlife in which three deceased characters are punished by being locked into a room together for eternity. It is the source of Sartre's especially famous phrase "L'enfer, c'est les autres" or "Hell is other people", a reference to Sartre's ideas about the look and the perpetual ontological struggle of being caused to see oneself as an object from the view of another consciousness.[2]
English translations have also been performed under the titles In Camera, No Way Out, Vicious Circle, Behind Closed Doors, and Dead End. The original title, Huis clos ("closed door"), is the French equivalent of the legal term in camera (Latin: "in a chamber"), referring to a private discussion behind closed doors.
Our 2023-24 season is just as varied. Starting with Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe, where the poet stands alone in the flickering darkness of his mind, trying desperately to convince himself -- and us -- that he's not mad. Next we see the world of a Ukrainian child facing Christmas for the first time away from home. We then journey to one Hell of a waiting room in No Exit. Following that, we see women change what they don't like about their world in Lysistrata. We wrap the season with World Builders where two people build their own worlds.
Show times are 7pm Friday and Saturday, 3pm on Sundays. All performances are at the X*ACT Theater.
TICKET PRICES this year are now $17 General Admission and $15 for Senior/Student/Military. By buying season tickets, you get a show FREE ($68 for General Admission and $60 for Senior/Student/Military).
We look forward to seeing you again at the theater!