{"id":675,"date":"2011-12-22T14:46:17","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T14:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vandfam.net\/dev\/wordpressmu\/college\/?p=675"},"modified":"2011-12-22T14:46:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T14:46:17","slug":"playmakers-play-no-child-looks-at-public-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=675","title":{"rendered":"PlayMakers\u2019 play, \u2018No Child,\u2019 looks at public education"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Actor-playwright Nilaja Sun turned her experience as an artist in New York City public schools into a play about a multiethnic classroom, parents, school administrators and staff \u2013 including those working the front door metal detector.<\/p>\n

PlayMakers Repertory Company<\/a>, the professional theater in residence at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will present Sun in the one-woman show, \u201cNo Child \u2026,\u201d Jan. 11-15 as part of its PRC 2 second-stage series.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018No Child \u2026\u2019 is an exuberant, insightful portrait of life at fictional Malcolm X High School,\u201d said PlayMakers producing artistic director Joseph Haj. \u201cIt\u2019s a refreshingly un-cynical portrayal of some of the individuals shaping America\u2019s next generation on the educational frontline. We\u2019re thrilled to bring Nilaja Sun to our stage for a rousing theatrical look at a topic so meaningful to all of us in today\u2019s society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Awards for \u201cNo Child \u2026\u201d include an Obie (newspaper The Village Voice\u2019s honors for off-Broadway productions); Outer Critics Circle (writers who cover New York theater for papers outside New York) Awards for Best New American Play and Best Solo Performance; and the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Award for Best Solo Show.<\/p>\n

The Boston Globe hailed the play as an \u201cintelligent, clear-eyed and sometimes painfully funny take on the absurdly dysfunctional state of public education.\u201d The Washington Post reported that \u201cNo Child \u2026\u201d is \u201cin a class by itself!\u201d And a New York Observer story read: \u201cNo child left behind? Not while Nilaja Sun is around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cape Cod Theatre Project artistic director Hal Brooks, who staged the original production of \u201cNo Child \u2026\u201d off Broadway and subsequent touring versions, will direct the PlayMakers show. He\u2019s known for powerful solo shows, including Pulitzer Prize finalist \u201cThom Pain (based on nothing)\u201d by Will Eno.<\/p>\n

Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. nightly and 2 p.m. on Jan. 15 in the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre, inside the Center for Dramatic Art on Country Club Road. Tickets are available as part of PlayMakers\u2019 2011-2012 season subscription packages or individually at $10 to $35. For more information, call the PlayMakers box office at (919) 962-PLAY (7529) or visit www.playmakersrep.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is the fifth season of the PRC2 series, in which each presentation combines a topical play with post-show discussions among artists and audience members, often with expert panelists. For \u201cNo Child \u2026,\u201d panelists will include:<\/p>\n