No Child: Nilaja Sun's at the Soho Playhouse for one performance only

No Child..., the one-woman show written and performed by Nilaja Sun and directed by Hal Brooks, will play a one-night only performance at the Soho Playhouse on 9 Jul 2009.

Immediately following the performance there will be a brief reception with the artist in the Huron Club, located inside the Soho Playhouse.

No Child... is a look into the New York City Public Education system by Nilaja 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.

Nilaja Sun says, "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."

Epic Theatre Center commissioned the development of No Child... as a result of Nilaja 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.

No Child... opened Off-Broadway at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre on 29 Apr 2006, where it ran through to 18 Jun 2006. The show then transferred to the Barrow Street Theater where it opened on 16 Jul 2006, following previews from 8 Jul, and ran through to 3 Jun 2007.

Among the many accolades Sun received for writing and performing No Child... are an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, the John Gassner �Outstanding New American Play� Award, a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show, a Theatre World Award, an Obie as well as the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Jury Award for Best One Person Show, Boston�s Elliot Norton Award, Chicago�s Joseph Jefferson Award, Washington DC�s Helen Hayes Award and Los Angeles� Ovation and Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle awards.