The Santa Fe College Theater Department will perform the enduring classic “No Exit” on Oct. 16-17.

The play will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 16-17, in the Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall at Santa Fe College’s Northwest Campus, 3000 NW 83 St., Gainesville.

The SF student cast and crew will present Jean-Paul Sartre’s “No Exit,” a thought-provoking play that asks, “Is hell other people?”

SF associate professor of theatre Russell Schultz will direct the play and believes that Sartre’s ideas have shaped how we see the world today, making the play relevant in our modern times, according to the press release

“Sartre’s obsession with his idea of ‘freedom’ and what that meant is in the culture all around us,” Schultz said in the release. “The play forces us to ask questions about the real meaning of that word and the consequences we unintentionally invite when we consider what a world without objective standards means in practice. Who are we seeking freedom from and why?” 

Schultz wants students to realize that the ideas in “No Exit” are not just relics of the past but are still present and continue to influence both what we think about and how we think, according to the release, and he has chosen to highlight these ideas through the production’s visual style.

“Reflecting the themes of the play,” Schultz said in the release, “this production will be done in grayscale, which will be like watching an old black and white TV show.”

“No Exit” is sponsored and organized by the Santa Fe College Fine Arts and Entertainment Technology Department. 

Tickets are $16 for adults; $10 for seniors, students, military service members and children 12 and under; and free for SF students, faculty, and staff with college ID cards. Tickets are available from the Fine Arts Hall Box Office at 352-395-4181 or online from Showpass at showpass.com/no-exit.