The Green Room, student-led theatre effort at NLS, invites you to the first play reading of the Term, featuring No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre. This session will take the form of a table read followed by a discussion, as per the details below:

Date: March 18, 2026
Time: 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Venue: Amphitheatre

About the Play

No Exit places three strangers together in a single room in the afterlife. As they begin to understand their situation, they realise that their punishment lies not in physical torture but in being forever exposed to one another’s scrutiny and judgment. As each attempts to control how they are perceived, self-deception gradually unravels and the room becomes a site of psychological tension and moral confrontation. In its stark setting and dialogue-driven form, the play becomes a powerful meditation on freedom, responsibility, bad faith, and the inescapable gaze of the Other.

About the Playwright

Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) was a French philosopher, playwright, and novelist, and one of the most influential figures of existentialist thought. Much of Sartre’s writing explores questions of freedom, responsibility, and the uneasy relationship between the self and others. His plays often bring philosophical ideas to life through intense interpersonal encounters.

Open to all NLS Community, whether you would like to read a role or simply listen and join the discussion.