The idea of hell changes for different people, but in Jean-Paul Sartre’s “No Exit,” hell is other people.
The play, originally written in 1944, is the next in line for the University’s Lab Theatre season. It centers around three people who are sent to hell to wait for a torturer and explores themes like cowardice, guilt, power and freedom.
Chris Silva, theatre performance senior and director of “No Exit,” is excited about the play.
“My primary direction is in acting, but theatre performance is my study,” Silva said. “[Directing] allows you to take a zoomed-out macro focus of what theater is and allows you to not only influence and get a taste of set design, but also see how it comes challenging.”
It’s also difficult from a directing standpoint.
“You have to spend a lot more time on bringing out the details of the environment since you only have the one scene,” Silva said. “You only have one atmosphere to play with, so you have to pay even more attention to