Jean-Paul Sartre's 'No Exit' Coming To Weston

WESTON, MA — If existentialism is right up your proverbial alley, don't miss the upcoming month-long run of Jean-Paul Sartre's "No Exit" with two performances held in Weston. Or do; the choice is yours.

Newton Nomadic Theater's new production of "New Exit" will make an appearance in Weston during its run on Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14, at the Weston Art & Innovation Center. Both performances will begin at 7:30 p.m.

During its month-long run, performances of the play will be held at the home of Steve Siegel & Theresa St. John in Waban, the Weston Art & Innovation Center, Belmont-Watertown UMC, Union Church in Waban, Gregorian Rugs in Newton Lower Falls and Gaherins Pub & Restaurant in Upper Falls.

Some have speculated "No Exit" inspired NBC's hit show "The Good Place," in which four strangers are sent to a purgatory of sorts to torture each other with their conflicting personalities and desires.

Similarly, Sartre's one-act drama, written in 1944, places three recently dead people in a room, each designed to discomfit another.

Encyclopedia Britannica states: "Their inability to escape from each other guarantees their eternal torture." In short, the play proposes that "hell is other people," not a physical place of torture.

In this production of "No Exit," Newton Nomadic Theater regular Noni Lewis has returned as director and choreographer. Linda Goetz, Matt Winberg, Sarah Morrisette and newcomer Slava Tchoul comprise the cast.

You can purchase "No Exit" tickets online.