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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

Wed Sep 03 - Sun Sep 14

Fringe Festival

Now in its 17th season, this 12–day festival offers theater goers 30 shows presented by local, national and international performers. Call for prices and times.... More

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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Editorial Review

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!

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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