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Exit Theatre

156 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94102 map
cross street: Mason & Taylor
district: Union Square/San Francisco Centre

Tel. 415.673.3847
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Events Calendar
Thu Dec 03 - Sat Dec 12
Cora's Holiday Hotpad
Sean Owens comes home to EXIT Theatre for the Holidays as wacky Cora Values, owner of the Gas & Gulp out on I-19. Cora is part Dame Edna, part Martha Stewart, and a total hoot as she oversees the antics of her motley crew of truck stop regulars in O... More		 Tickets
Thu Dec 17 - Sat Dec 19
The Third Annual Christmas Crap-Array
Do you develop a twitch each year when “Jingle Bells” is playing in department stores the day after Thanksgiving? Are you dreading the cloying cheer and tacky, cheap gifts that get passed around in December like swine flu? Do you love Christmas but c... More		 Tickets

About Exit Theatre

A home for San Francisco theatre since 1983.

All four EXIT Stages are near the corner of Eddy & Taylor Streets in downtown San Francisco. EXIT Theatre, EXIT Stage Left, and the EXIT Cafe are located at 156 Eddy Street (between Mason & Taylor Streets). EXIT on Taylor is located just around the corner at 277 Taylor Street (between Eddy & Ellis). They are located just west of the cable car turnaround at Powell and Market Streets.

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The Monk
Solid Gothic
By Ann Taylor (10/17/2008)

" As I walk into the Exit Theatre, it is as though I am entering the bowels of Hell itself-- the hallway narrows and darkens, and I find an empty seat in the tiny black womb of the theatre. The stage is small, the setting spare: a stool in the middle, a hanging cloak, and four grinning skulls contemplating the action that is about to unfold. I am vividly reminded of Faustian tales of men selling their souls to the devil in return for magical knowledge. In fact, the play I am here to see is just such a story. "

Editorial Review
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The Maids
A Dangerous Game of Dress-Up at Exit Stage Left
By Nirmala Nataraj (02/10/2006)

" Early twentieth century playwright Jean Genet was a devilish provocateur whose works belong to the realm of high concept tragedy but encompass all the vulgar fodder of the low-brow, including tawdry tales of prostitutes, thieves, homosexuals, and other social "deviants". Genet's play The Maids is one of the playwright's most sophisticated commentaries on the otherness he was so preoccupied with portraying in his work. "

Editorial Review
Snake Ladies, Pirates, and Roaches-Oh My! Image
Snake Ladies, Pirates, and Roaches-Oh My!
Risk is This... The Cutting Ball New Play Festival
By Nirmala Nataraj (03/12/2004)

" Elaborate set designs, bizarre costumes, and actorly chicanery are all very nice, but there's a lot to be said for leaving something to the imagination. That's why I opt in favor of the reading, that magical act galvanized by the alchemy of storytelling. It makes me hearken back to those wondrous days when my mother would read me a bedtime tale and the story would gradually undergo gleeful interruptions and bizarre revisions. Being a child who was always inclined to make things up as I went along, I still believe the "what happens next" mentality isn't quite possible... "

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