Actor-playwright Nilaja Sun\u2019s timely one-woman show \u201cNo Child\u2026\u201d comes to PlayMakers Repertory Company Jan. 11-15, as part of the theater\u2019s PRC2 second-stage series.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo Child\u2026\u201d replaces \u201cThe Amish Project\u201d by Jessica Dickey. The playwright had to cancel her PlayMakers appearance because of other obligations. PRC2 is PlayMakers\u2019 acclaimed series in which each performance is followed by artist-audience discussion.<\/p>\n
Sun was a teaching artist in the New York public school system, while also writing and performing in numerous Off-Broadway shows. She turned this experience into a rapid-fire, kaleidoscopic look at a multi-ethnic classroom of students — plus their parents, school administrators and staff, including a janitor and a security guard working the front door metal detector.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018No Child \u2026\u2019 is an exuberant, insightful portrait of life at fictional Malcolm X High School; a refreshingly un-cynical portrayal of some of the individuals shaping America\u2019s next generation on the educational frontline,\u201d said PlayMakers producing artistic director Joseph Haj. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to bring Nilaja Sun to our stage for a rousing theatrical look at this hot topic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sun\u2019s play has been hailed as an \u201cintelligent, clear-eyed and sometimes painfully funny take on the absurdly dysfunctional state of public education,\u201d according to The Boston Globe. \u201c\u2018No Child \u2026\u2019 is \u201cin a class by itself!\u201d raved The Washington Post. \u201cNo child left behind? Not while Nilaja Sun is around,\u201d reported The New York Observer.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo Child \u2026\u201d will be performed at 7:30 p.m. nightly and 2 p.m. on Jan. 15. Tickets are available as part of the theater\u2019s 2011-2012 season subscription packages, or single tickets may be purchased for $10-$35. For more information, call the PlayMakers box office at (919) 962-PLAY (7529) or visit www.playmakersrep.org. PRC\u00b2 shows are presented in the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre in the Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road.<\/p>\n
The PRC2 season concludes with the world premiere of Ellen McLaughlin and Sarah Kirkland Snider\u2019s \u201cPenelope\u201d (April 25-29).<\/p>\n
PlayMakers, the professional theater in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is based in the College of Arts and Sciences. The Drama League of New York has named PlayMakers one of the best regional theaters in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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