Jean-Paul Sartre's Existential Classic No Exit Redefined at A.C.T.
A.C.T., Near the corner of Geary and Mason (415 Geary St. San Francisco, CA 94102)
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- $8.00 - $74.00
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- $4.00 - $44.40*
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The last date listed for No Exit was Sunday May 1, 2011 / 2:00pm.
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A.C.T. Performs Endgame and Play - A Beckett Double Bill
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American Conservatory Theater performs a double bill of two outstanding plays from master playwright Samuel Beckett. Endgame and Play are a pair of absurd dark comedies that conjure a fiercely funny and emotionally gripping world. In Endgame, Tony Award winner Bill Irwin takes on the role of Hamm, who is trapped between life and death with his young servant, Clov. Together they engage in a chess match of wits in this vivid exploration of the end of life. This iconic work will be presented together with Beckett's rarely performed one-act Play, a brief comic tour de force about marriage and infidelity, featuring members of A.C.T.'s core acting company. Learn More
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Try not to bring in a large bag or backpack into the theater. The legroom is minimal.
102 Goldstar Member Reviews
NobhillTreehouseSF
The power of the well-known play notwithstanding, I waited a few days to see and process and see if this production would stay with me. And it didn't. It was a busy span with a couple of plays at the Marsh(highly recommended), two books and three films but...Written on Apr 24 2011
I agree with others who have reviewed this play on both sides. While the use of multi-media was innovative, at times engaging and as a film were privy to multiple angles- there was always something to look at; It brought in a certain aloofness and I just didn't connect.
The play is intellectual, but this production neither aroused any empathy nor sympathy. The psychodrama was effective-who are we really and why do we behave such...In the end it was a momentary televised distraction and the channels changed.
Perhaps a contemporaneous reading of the characters would have helped, just found the 50's France stock characters felt faded.
With the multimedia, audio is good and most is visible from any level of seating- projected screens. But the ACT seats are oh so uncomfortable and small and I was glad the play only ran slightly less than ninety minutes without intermission. Overall, you won't miss much by giving this a pass.
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Mr. Z
A multi-media experience where the audience reacts to the play that is mainly broadcast on three video screens. A surreal and Dali-esque presentation.Written on Apr 21 2011
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There is one word that comes to mind when I think of this production: offensive. Somehow, they managed to take a brilliant play and great actors and reduce both to gimmicky dribble.Written on Apr 08 2011
Really, I get the intention behind the projection screens, but putting the entire performance on projection screens and adding sound effects cheapens the piece. I know the ACT needs to make money by pandering to a "mainstream audience" but this was just, as I said, offensive.
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Michael
i thought the acting was terrific. the valet character was annoying and his use of que cards to assist those in the audience who "don't get it" was just plain condescending. i found watching the play projected on three screens to be interesting, but alas, our gold star seats in the orchestra were obstructed to the point where one screen was basically unviewable. the theater should rope off those seats. it was like watching t.v. from" behind" the sofa. i will read the play and definitely hope to see a different production. this was too much like watching a movie.Written on Apr 13 2011
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More Information About No Exit
Website
http://www.act-sf.org/1011/noexit/index.html
Quotes & Highlights
- "Epic, voyeuristic, theater-as-film staging . . . spectacularly brilliant" --Calgary Herald
- "Diabolically inventive . . . a riveting theatrical event" —Georgia Straight (Vancouver)
- "A seamless fusion of cinema and theater . . . jaw-dropping" —The Vancouver Sun
- "Dazzles with contemporary dimensions . . . freakishly potent" —The Province
- "A thrilling masterpiece" —Westender
- "Captivating" —National Post
- "Brilliant" —The Globe and Mail
- "A vibrant, very modern theatrical experience . . . the acting is uniformly powerful and committed, the stagecraft extremely skillful and focused" —The Toronto Star
Description
Fresh from sold-out performances across Canada, Jean-Paul Sartre's redefined classic makes its U.S. debut at A.C.T. A mysterious valet ushers three people into a shabby hotel room, and they soon discover that hell isn't fire and brimstone at all—it's other people arguing about their lives. Sartre's 1944 existential classic, skillfully reimagined through the perspective of a series of hidden cameras, turns the stage into a cinema, and the audience into voyeurs, as a thrillingly staged "live film" takes place before your eyes. A.C.T. continues its tradition of welcoming the work of innovative international artists to the Bay Area with this riveting multimedia event.