No Exit and The Criminals

An Elliott Studio Series Production

May 16-19 2024

No Exit- Jean-Paul Sartre

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.

The Criminals - Jose Triana
Lalo and his sisters, Cuca and Beba, stuck in a basement create a play-within-a-play acting out the murder of their parents. Playing all the roles in the show they take us from the killing through the press coverage, the investigation, the arrest, and trial. The play adds and subtracts as it reaches its inevitable conclusion. Written in the 1950’s, the play looks at power structures inherent in destructive political systems using the children as a metaphor for the first Cuban Revolution.

Cast Lists

No Exit

Garcin - James McIntyre

Inez - Jennifer Smith

Estelle - Jennifer Beall

Valet - Courtenay Baker

The Criminals

Assistant Director: Jennifer Smith

Lalo - Jackson Bartelme

Cuca - Mary Morgan-Blacharski

Beba - Genesis Hartle