No Exit Lesson Plan

Progressive Performance Day 2: Performance History and Creating Costumes

Kind of Activity:

Long-term Project

Objective:

Students will research performance history and make decisions regarding the kinds of costumes they will source and/or create for their scene.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.R.9-10.7; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.7

Structure:

Have students work in their groups and research the performance history of No Exit and Jean-Paul Sartre's plays in general. Ask them to locate several iterations of their characters. For example, if a group is set to perform the first Day's reading, ask students to find multiple portrayals of each of the scene's...