Jean-Paul Sartre News

In a series of four beautifully scored one-act musicals by Michael John LaChiusa, First Lady Suite journeys into the lives of four First Ladies - Jackie Kennedy, Mamie Eisenhower, Bess Truman, and Eleanor Roosevelt - and the people around them. "Weird, Funny, and Wigged out," according to the NY Times, the piece meditates on finding one's identity and how we all must struggle to find our own way while in the shadow of another.

Shana lives in a state of constant turmoil and instability as she is visited by a number of characters, each one attempting to budge her from a place of indecision and fear. Are they successful? Is Shana? This unsettling play, 'Shana Unsettled,' is part of the 31st annual Baltimore Playwrights Festival.

Bit of a Stretch Theatre Co. will present NO EXIT by Jean-Paul Sartre at 14 Pews on June 21 - 26. Directed by Emma Martinsen, No Exit features Brandon Hobrastchk as Garcin, Betty Marie Muessig as Estelle, Jacob Perkel as the Valet, and Meg Wozniak as Inez. Original Music by Wiley DeWeese. Marc Duncan is the technical director with set design by Leslie Turner. We have a sneak peek of the production photos below!

Bit of a Stretch Theatre Co. presents NO EXIT by Jean-Paul Sartre at 14 Pews tonight, June 21 through June 26. Directed by Emma Martinsen, No Exit features Brandon Hobrastchk as Garcin, Betty Marie Muessig as Estelle, Jacob Perkel as the Valet, and Meg Wozniak as Inez. Original Music by Wiley DeWeese. Marc Duncan is the technical director with set design by Leslie Turner.

Magenta Giraffe Theatre Company of Detroit is today announced its fourth full season of productions and projects, in residence at the Abreact Performance Space in Detroit. Following its popular and critically acclaimed past three seasons, the company is finding new ways to enhance and enrich the community through theatre.

Bit of a Stretch Theatre Co. will present NO EXIT by Jean-Paul Sartre at 14 Pews on June 21 - 26. Directed by Emma Martinsen, No Exit features Brandon Hobrastchk as Garcin, Betty Marie Muessig as Estelle, Jacob Perkel as the Valet, and Meg Wozniak as Inez. Original Music by Wiley DeWeese. Marc Duncan is the technical director with set design by Leslie Turner.

David Eden Productions has announced initial details of a major US tour, presenting on September 21 and 22, 2012 the American premiere engagement of the Theatre de la Ville-Paris production of Rhinoceros, by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Emmanuel Demarcy-Mota, in Los Angeles at Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA (CAP UCLA), with subsequent presentations to follow in Berkeley at Cal Performances on September 27, 28, and 29 (matinee), and in Ann Arbor at University Musical Society (UMS) on October 11, 12, and 13.

Just like Pope Paul VI figured when The Vatican told followers to go ahead and celebrate mass in the vernacular, John-Michael Tebelak figured that if the musical he penned with Stephen Schwartz, based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew, was going to connect with young people, it had to be done in their language.  So when Godspell premiered Off-Broadway forty years ago, the son of God and his disciples were depicted as soft pop and folk singing flower children who were too busy learning how to spread love to be bothered with sex, drugs and burning their draft cards.  Arriving on Broadway after Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar, it was the first major rock musical that didn't scare the hell out of parents.

Miami Acting Company (MAC) presents No Exit, the timeless masterpiece written by philosopher, novelist, critic & playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. Known for its fascinating depiction of 'life' after death in which three deceased, and seemingly different characters, are punished by being locked in a room together for eternity. They soon discover hell is not exactly what they expected. Produced on Broadway and stages worldwide, this enticing play promises to trap the audience and lead them through a through-provoking journey into a world of fears, vices and taunts with no exit in sight. This first play of the MAC 2011/12 season is directed by Manny Catalino. enticing play promises to trap the audience and lead them through a thought-provoking journey into a world of fears, vices and taunts with no exit in sight. This first play of the MAC 2011/12 season is directed by Mann.

A team of young artists from Brooklyn reinvent JeanPaul Sartre's existential classic. From Nov. 3rd, theatergoers in Queens experience 'No Exit' through the new-media collaborative of A Basis Productions. For 3 consecutive days, The Secret Theatre in Queens presents 'No Exit: The New Jean-Paul Sartre Experience'- an art gallery within a play, which come together in a final piece: a feature-length film directed by Tom Basis.

A team of young artists from Brooklyn reinvent JeanPaul Sartre's existential classic. From Nov. 3rd, theatergoers in Queens experience 'No Exit' through the new-media collaborative of A Basis Productions. For 3 consecutive days, The Secret Theatre in Queens presents 'No Exit: The New Jean-Paul Sartre Experience'- an art gallery within a play, which come together in a final piece: a feature-length film directed by Tom Basis.

Miami Acting Company (MAC) presents No Exit, the timeless masterpiece written by philosopher, novelist, critic & playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. Known for its fascinating depiction of 'life' after death in which three deceased, and seemingly different characters, are punished by being locked in a room together for eternity. They soon discover hell is not exactly what they expected. Produced on Broadway and stages worldwide, this enticing play promises to trap the audience and lead them through a through-provoking journey into a world of fears, vices and taunts with no exit in sight. This first play of the MAC 2011/12 season is directed by Manny Catalino. enticing play promises to trap the audience and lead them through a thought-provoking journey into a world of fears, vices and taunts with no exit in sight. This first play of the MAC 2011/12 season is directed by Mann.

New York City's own Infinite Variety Productions is set to perform the compelling and captivating historical play, ‘A Piece of My Heart' by Shirley Lauro. The show will run two weekends in November (11th-13th) and (18th-20th) at The Tank Theatre located on 151 West 46th street, 8th floor.

A team of young artists from Brooklyn reinvent JeanPaul Sartre's existential classic. From Nov. 3rd, theatergoers in Queens experience 'No Exit' through the new-media collaborative of A Basis Productions.

Miami Acting Company (MAC) presents No Exit, the timeless masterpiece written by philosopher, novelist, critic & playwright Jean-Paul Sartre. Known for its fascinating depiction of 'life' after death in which three deceased, and seemingly different characters, are punished by being locked in a room together for eternity. They soon discover hell is not exactly what they expected. Produced on Broadway and stages worldwide, this enticing play promises to trap the audience and lead them through a through-provoking journey into a world of fears, vices and taunts with no exit in sight. This first play of the MAC 2011/12 season is directed by Manny Catalino. enticing play promises to trap the audience and lead them through a thought-provoking journey into a world of fears, vices and taunts with no exit in sight. This first play of the MAC 2011/12 season is directed by Mann.

The Flea Theater presents Horizon Theatre Rep's production of the rarely-seen play BENITO CERENO - written by the late Robert Lowell and based on the Herman Melville novel of the same name -- Off-Broadway at the Flea Theatre (41 White St.) in Manhattan, with previews set to start September 22 prior to an official press opening on September 25.

RED BULL THEATER presents A STAGED READING OF NO EXIT by Jean-Paul Sartre on Monday September 19th, 7:30pm.

Revelation Readings is an OBIE Award-Winning ongoing series presenting staged readings of new plays and rarely-performed classic texts.

RED BULL THEATER presents A STAGED READING OF NO EXIT by Jean-Paul Sartre on Monday September 19th, 7:30pm.

The Flea Theater presents Horizon Theatre Rep's production of the rarely-seen play BENITO CERENO - written by the late Robert Lowell and based on the Herman Melville novel of the same name -- Off-Broadway at the Flea Theatre (41 White St.) in Manhattan, with previews set to start September 22 prior to an official press opening on September 25.