And a cool one woman show to boot!
…In her new one-woman play “No Child,” Nilaja Sun portrays (among many other characters) a version of herself: an idealistic young teaching artist who leads a class of rowdy Bronx 10th graders in a theatrical performance…
…In “No Child,” which is directed by Hal Brooks, Ms. Sun leads a group of students at the fictional Malcolm X High School through a performance of “Our Country’s Good.” That 1988 play by Timberlake Wertenbaker is about a real-life lieutenant who led a group of 18th-century Australian convicts in a production of George Farquhar’s 1706 comedy “The Recruiting Officer.” The concept may seem a bit dizzying – a Restoration comedy within a contemporary drama within a school play within a one-woman show — but the thematic resonances are clear, as both “Our Country’s Good” and “No Child” argue for the exalting benefits of theater on troubled individuals and communities.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/30/theater/30child.html?_r=1&
