Behind the Book Theatre Benefit November 1, 2006

"NO CHILD...." BENEFIT for BEHIND THE BOOK
BARROW STREET THEATRE, NOVEMBER 1ST AT 7:30PM

Select tickets are available for the Off Broadway production of "No Child...." on November 1st in benefit of Behind the Book, a literacy nonprofit working with low-income students in NYC public schools. After the performance, there will be a Talk Back session featuring actress and playwright Nilaja Sun, who brings to life more than a dozen students and educators in a story about a troubled NYC public school.

Nilaja Sun has received extensive critical acclaim for both her performance and the play, with The New York Times praising "A marvelous performance," and The New Yorker proclaiming "[an] astounding one-woman performance piece....Like Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg in their early work, Sun brings us not her world but the world."

DETAILS
WHAT: "No Child...." Theatre Benefit for Behind the Book

WHEN: Wednesday, November 1, 2006, at 7:30pm. The show runs for 1 hour 15 minutes with no intermission. No late seating.

PRICE: Tickets are $100 a person, and your ticket purchase is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Proceeds will go directly to Behind the Book's in-school programs. If you cannot attend, please consider purchasing a ticket for a public school teacher working with Behind the Book!

PURCHASE: Please contact Ruth Ades at [email protected] or 212.749.6380 with questions and to purchase tickets, or send a check made payable to Behind the Book to: 750 Columbus Avenue, 2X, New York, NY 10025.

BACKGROUND:
The mission of Behind the Book is to excite children and young adults about reading. Working with low-income students in NYC public schools, we bring authors and their books into individual classrooms to build literacy skills and cultivate a new generation of book readers.

Behind the Book is the only nonprofit organization in New York City motivating children and young adults to read through a program of book donations and author visits connected to classroom curriculum.

Official Website: http://www.behindthebook.org