No Exit

Presented by: The Department of Theatre and Dance

Sept. 20-21, 2024
7:30 p.m.

UB Katharine Cornell Theatre

$22 Adults
$17 Seniors/Veterans/UB Employees
$12 Non-UB Students
$7 UB Students

drawing of living room with couch and fireplace.

By Jean-Paul Sartre
Adapted from the French by Paul Bowles
Directed by Tobias Pfluke as part of our Student Directed Series

Two women and one man are locked up together for eternity in one hideous room in Hell. The windows are bricked up, there are no mirrors, the electric lights can never be turned off, and there is no exit. The irony of this Hell is that its torture is not of the rack and fire, but of the burning humiliation of each soul as it is stripped of its pretenses by the cruel curiosity of the damned. Here the soul is shorn of secrecy, and even the blackest deeds are mercilessly exposed to the fierce light of Hell. It is an eternal torment.

No Exit is recommended for adult audiences.

Content Note: No Exit contains implications of sex and mentions of death, suicide, physical violence, self-harm, adultery, and unwanted pregnancies.

NO EXIT is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.

www.concordtheatricals.com

The UB Theatre and Dance 2024-2025 season is sponsored in part by Fox Run at Orchard Park, celebrating its sixth year in support of THD. www.foxrunorchardpark.com