No Exit (Huis Clos)

Beaumaris Theatre is auditioning for this Jean-Paul Satre one act play. Directed by Michael McManus, the play will be performed at Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Rd Beaumaris on Friday July 13th, and then at two One Act Play Festivals on Saturday July 14th and Sunday July 15th, and at a University during the following week. Actors must be available for all performances. ”No Exit” is a journey into Jean-Paul Sartre's hell, though it is not the traditional hell with demons and hot pokers. Instead Sartre's hell is a small room with just three people - Garcin, Inez and Estelle - set to spend the rest of eternity together, each being the others’ personal torturer. The play was originally written in just two weeks by Sartre as a short one act play so that the French public could still go out to the theatre during the Nazi occupation. It is full of Sartrean existential themes that are as important today as they were then. Essentially we see the three characters enter into hell, and gradually they begin to slowly extract the others’ reason for being in hell. We see the characters slowly reveal more of their true selves in response to the others’ presence. This play is where the famous Sartre quote "Hell is other people" comes from. We see Sartre explore this statement, leaving at the end a far more chilling idea that we are all stuck in our own hell of other people and that we all truly have "No Exit". We require actors for the following roles: Valet – Small role. Indeterminate age or sex. Garcin – Male, anywhere from 25 to 50's in age. Inez – Female, 30 plus. Estelle – Female, 18 to late 20's. Auditions will be held at the theatre on Sunday April 1st from 2pm. No-one will be auditioned without having booked. For all details and to book an audition please phone Director Michael McManus on 0433 149 321.