no exit [vores]
[10/2009] | [chicago premiere]
composer & librettist | ANDY VORES
conductor | EMANUELE ANDRIZZI
designer | IZUMI INABA
lighting designer | SAMANTHA SZIGETI
photographer | IAN EPSTEIN
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Hell is a waiting room, complete with its own chamber ensemble.
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Garcin (Matthew Newlin) discovers that Hell isn't what he expected; the Valet (Peter Weathers) remains unmoved.
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Garcin confesses to Estelle (Susan Nelson) and Inez (Caitlin McKechney) that he is in Hell for abusing his wife.
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Inez confesses to Estelle and Garcin that she is a sado-masochist.
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Estelle confesses to Garcin and Inez that she drowned her baby daughter.
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Inez seduces Estelle by pretending to be her mirror.
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Garcin begs his roommates in Hell to remain silent...
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...but the three fail to ignore each other.
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Garcin and Inez fight for access to Estelle's body.
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As the temperature in the room increases, the three strip off their clothes, allowing Estelle to make love to Garcin.
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When the door to the outside world opens, Garcin finds he cannot leave the other two behind him.
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After realizing that "Hell is other people", the three collapse with laughter.