Nilaja Sun is a major talent!

Nilaja Sun is a New York City-based actress and writer who I met 7 years ago. But my fortune shined when she was cast in my play ON THE HILLS OF BLACK AMERICA. She then was splendid, wonderful, quirky, playful and a pleasure. Nilaja is one of those theater artists who's completely committed to her craft: she embraces language with a vengeance; she impeccably transforms into characters with astonishing compassion; and she prefers socio-politically charged projects that will hopefully inspire mankind to evolve into humans.

And last night I saw Nilaja perform her solo piece NO CHILD... A piece inspired by her work as a teaching artist in the New York Public School system. A piece about a teaching artist who's thrown into one of the notoriously worst classrooms in the Bronx and how she transforms a group of "hopeless" teens into an inspired group of thespians performing Our Country's Good.

Nilaja's performances of each character was pitch-perfect, exciting, thrilling and MUST-SEE.
Her work sings with truth, honesty and leaves you with the question: Why does our education system continue to fail our poorer children?

NO CHILD...by Nilaja Sun
Directed by Hal Brooks
Beckett Theatre @ Theatre Row Theatres
410 West 42nd Street [btwn 9 and 10 Avenues]
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Until next time,

Keith