No Exit
by Jean-Paul Sarte
adapted from the French by Paul Bowles
Directed by John DeSotelle
The NuBox @ John DeSotelle Studio
October 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 2026
Play Synopsis
A heavy metal door closes. The lock falls into place.
Cradeau enters the room. Then Ines. Then Estelle.
Three strangers. No windows. No escape. And one impossible question:
Why have these three people been brought together—and what are they supposed to do with one another for eternity?
What follows is darkly funny, seductive, unnerving and fiercely human.
Attraction becomes manipulation. Conversation becomes confrontation. And as the walls seem to close in, they begin to understand something far more disturbing:
The room doesn’t have to torture them. They have each other.
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Creative Team
Meet the Company
Elliot is originally from Chicago and recently graduated from the John DeSotelle Studio Meisner Program. This is his first full-length play since high school. He is not known for anything...until now.
Karen is a graduate of the conservatory program in Meisner technique here at the studio.
She appeared in Chamber Music and Auto-Da-Fe, both produced by the Nuance Theatre Co.,
and directed by John DeSotelle. She can be seen, albeit briefly, in an upcoming episode of
Law & Order: SVU as Sister Grace, airing in November.
Off-Broadway: Hello Girls, Bach and Bleach (a theatrical concert), The Goree All Girl String Band. Off-off Broadway:Talk To Me Like The Rain And Let Me Listen (Nubox) Chamber Music (Nubox), Sympathy in C. Regional credits include: Sister Act (Arvada Center), Death Takes a Holiday (Arvada Center). International: Things We Will Miss (Edinburgh Fringe, international premiere) There’s Nothing Rougher Than Love – a cabaret (Paris, France - Broadway Au Carré). Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre graduate from University of the Arts. & recent graduate from the John DeSotelle Studio Meisner Program. Thank you to my beautiful family and friends, my teachers and colleagues…your support means more to me than I could ever say.
John DeSotelle is an actor, director, educator, and Artistic Director of John DeSotelle Studio and Nuance Theatre Co. Known for his clarity, depth, and keen understanding of the actor’s process, he has earned a strong reputation for his teaching of the Meisner Technique and his work with actors across stage and screen.
With more than 25 years of experience, DeSotelle has taught at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, Rutgers University, and the University of the Arts, where he served as Senior Lecturer in the BFA Meisner Studio. He holds a BA in Acting and Directing from USC and an MFA in Acting from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts.
Rooted in Meisner and informed by Chekhov, Hagen, Stanislavski, Williamson, and Spolin, his work bridges rigorous actor training and professional theatre. As a director and producer, he has helmed more than 25 Studio Series, festival, and professional productions in New York City.
Judith Feingold is a classically trained Meisner actor, based in New York. She trained at Shakespeare & Company under Dennis Krausnick and Tina Packer, at the Actors' Movement Studio under Loyd Williamson and Janice Orlandi, and at the John DeSotelle Studio, where she now serves as faculty and Studio assistant. She has acted and directed with Nuance Theatre Co. since 2013, debuting in David Auburn's Proof and garnering a nomination in the Innovative Theatre Awards. She received a New England regional Emmy for her work as Jacqueline Brulet in the 2021 feature Not On This Night.
