OVERVIEW
"Dynamic one-woman show teems with the students, teachers and staff workers…
How does she morph into multitudes? Costumes have nothing to do with it…"
- Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
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“Nilaja Sun's solo show about our educational meltdown is irresistible theater.”
- Jay Reiner, The Hollywood Reporter
"Nilaja Sun's brave, sometimes heartbreaking and often surprisingly funny one-woman about the sorry state of American public education…COMPELLING AND ULTIMATELY UPLIFTING…"
- Paul Hodgins,
Orange County RegisterWhen No Child... opened at a tiny off-Broadway theatre, word quickly spread about Nilaja Sun’s galvanizing performance in her true-to-life play set in a New York City high school. With lighting-quick reflexes and startling energy, Sun unlocks the potential of her wayward students, inspiring them to transcend their surroundings and dream of something beyond the metal detectors at the door.
Called “theatrically riveting” by Variety, No Child… is an exuberant, thoroughly funny piece about the collaborative power of the arts — and the influence one dynamic, determined teacher can have in altering the lives of her students – forever.
Nilaja Sun's No Child... opens at the Kirk Douglas Theatre
LA Times Feature Story
'No Child . . .': The quick change
- By Charlotte Stoudt,
Special to The Times
Nilaja Sun channels a classroom of students in inner-city realism.
Solo performers who project multiple personalities are familiar sights on regional stages: They're an….
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"A marvelous performance. Touching and funny."
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New York Times
"Brilliantly funny."
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CREDITS
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Written and performed by
Nilaja Sun
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Directed by
Hal Brooks
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