March 12: The American Palace Theatre's Production of "The Kite Runner"

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Immediate:  February 28, 2012Media Contact:  Alicia Steger 516.572.9634alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

Nassau Community College Presents:  The American Place Theatre's Stage Presentation of "The Kite Runner"

March 12

Garden City, NY — The Nassau Community College Spring 2012 Cultural Program is proud to present the American Place Theatre's award-winning stage dramatization of the first half of the best-selling novel "The Kite Runner" on Monday, March 12 at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. in the College Center Building."The Kite Runner," written by Khaled Hosseini, portrays the tortured relationship between two boys in Afghanistan in the 1970s — Amir, a privileged Pashtun, and Hassan, his Hazara servant. It's a heart-rending story of friendship and betrayal that culminates in a shocking incident of elitism and class division.A stage presentation by The American Place Theatre is an in-school experience created to improve the academic engagement of students. It uses theatre, drama and great literature to bring classroom content to life with verbatim theatrical adaptations of significant American literature. For more information about The American Place's stage presentation of the first half of "The Kite Runner" — which is free, open to the public and accessible to the disabled — call 516.572.7153.Ref.1587.2/28/12/180About Nassau Community CollegeNassau Community College, part of the State University of New York, is an institution where almost 24,000 full- and part-time students and nearly 15,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus, two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence.