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Nilaja Sun: a teacher to her roots; Her one-woman show gives audiences an inside look at public schools.(PEOPLE)
American Theatre, December, 2006 by Johnson, Cassandra
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On a hot summer night teaching artist Nilaja Sun is wrapped in a blue wool scarf and sips steaming chamomile tea. She radiates the air of a drained battery already beginning to recharge. Immediately following the 60 minutes of physical and verbal gymnastics that constitute her Off-Broadway phenomenon No Child ..., she seems wary of moving or speaking unnecessarily.
She must especially conserve vocal power (teachers have more voice problems than actors, Sun says) to muscle through daily performances of her one-woman show, which could also be described as a sixteen-character, ...
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