Sun's No Child...to Transfer to Barrow Street Theatre

By: Jun. 27, 2006
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Nilaja Sun's hit solo play No Child...will begin performances at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street at 7th Ave.) on July 8th for a July 16th opening.  It will play an open-ended run.

The show is transferring from an earlier hit Off-Broadway run at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre, where it ran from May 10th through June 18th.

"No Child... is a tour-de-force look into the New York City Public Education system by the acclaimed teaching-artist and solo-performer, Ms. Sun, who transforms into the teachers, students, parents, administrators, janitors, and security guards who inhabit our public schools every day and are shaping the future of America," state earlier press notes for the show, which was presented by Epic Theatre Center.  Hal Brooks directs.

"Epic Theatre Center commissioned the development of No Child... as a result of Sun's unique work in one New York City's toughest schools, Martin Luther King, Jr. High School, where Epic maintains an extensive arts-ed residency. Martin Luther King Jr. High School was specifically created in 1972 as a fully integrated public school that brought non-white students into the Lincoln Center community. In his new book, Shame of the Nation,Jonathan Kozol sites MLK as a perfect example of 'apartheid schooling' as it currently enrolls no white students."

About No Child..., Sun said, "I created this piece to be a snapshot from the trenches, something entertaining and provocative that'll get people talking about the state of our public schools in a new way." Sun's New York credits include Einstein's Gift, Time and The Conways (Epic Theatre Center), The Cook (Intar), The Adventures of Barrio Grrrl! (Summer Play Festival), and "Law and Order- SVU." As a solo performer, her credits include Blues for a Gray Sun, La Nubia Latina, Black and Blue, Insufficient Fare, Due to the Tragic Events of..., and Mixtures. She is a Princess Grace Award winner and a native New Yorker.

Tickets are $45; call  (212) 239-6200 or visit www.telecharge.com.


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