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Show lOURNAL A. PACE 4- -- nr 7 t x 1 f Monday, September 25, 2006 EDITOR Hollie Smith, 586-199- 2 t b. rehearsal time for the production. The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde, is a comedic play set in the late 1800s. Richard Bugg, assistant professor of theatre arts, directs the production. Actors in The Importance of Being Earnest rehearse Thursday night. The SUU Department of Performing & Visual Arts is putting the finishing touches on the piay, which will be opening Thursday night. The cast and crew only had four weeks of SUU theatre enthusiasts gear up for falls first production By ALEX G. TWITCHELL atwitchellsuujournal com Oscar Wildes play, The Importance of Being Earnest, will open on SUUs mam stage m the Auditorium Thursday night Getting to opemng night has been quite a journey, said Richard Bugg associate professor of theatre aits, and director of the show "Normally we hare about a six week rehearsal penod and w'e really ust have four on this one, he said Because (this show) is a period piece, a style of a piece and a language piece, thats short penod had We all have to to it time actually together pull to cast it in the spnng because we had such a short rehearsal penod Nicholas Chacon, the stage manager for Earnest and an experienced theatre tech, agreed that things hav e been a little hectic This is my first mam stage production and it s been really fun and really different, he said E eryone is taking care of their own jobs, but its also been busy and fast paced It takes a lot of work the shorter rehearsal and it takes a lot of time time is the biggest challenge at the moment We only had a month reheaisal penod and we just went nght into it The reduction in their preparation time has m no way dampened the production teams dnve to produce an excellent show, said Natalie Bell, a junior who has taken on the challenging back stage role of master carpenter is Its coming together she said in Its the most stressful week this all the week aspects Getting together and trying to make sure everything works before the show' opens - that it doesnt fall apait while people are walking on it Thomas Everything on stage has a lot of costumes, makeup, planning, hair, set design, light design and sound design everything is carefully planned and put together As frenzied as things may appear to be both on and olf stage the general attitude of the production ensemble is one of excitement and anticipation, Bugg said Ive probably directed 25 shows, but this is the hist opportunity Ive had to direct (The Importance of Being Earnest ) I know the show v ery well and Im excited to direct it The Importance of Being Earnest is a social comedy from the late 1800s, which lightheartedly mocks the manners of the British upper class, Bugg "I really enjoy it when a play performed its originally intended time period. It just feels more real' said The characters come from a penod where the anstocracy, at least from Oscar Wildes was sort of tnvial in Cleveland perspective, its pursuits, he said They speak m a very high Bntish accent, and it has become a stereotype for them of many the sort of spoiled-bia- t playboys that dont know what to do w ith their lives except to talk about the women theyre chasing Chacon said there was a big production meeting last spnng where it was discussed how the play would be kept true to its onginal setting The director sort of told us what he wanted, and what time period the show is going to be in, he said Weve decided to keep it the way the script descnbed it Thomas Cleveland a freshman history major from Dallas and a longtime theatre buff, said he is glad the play will remain true to what the playwright intended I really enjoy it wnen a play is perfoi tiled m its onginally intended time period It just (eels more real, he said Time period and history aside, Bugg hopes that SUUs production of The Importance of Being Earnest will be an excellent viewing experience for all Ticket pnces ate $10 for general admission, $8 for faculty and staff, $5 foi students and fiee foi SUU students with a valid student I D The production wall run Thursday to Satui day and Oct 5 to 7 Students get adrenaline fix outdoors By HOLLY COOMBS hcoombsggsuujournal r i i ft t t 'i t t I r s s r 4. .1 HOLLY COOMBS ER - Ru- -i Chris Robertson, a freshman outdoor recreation in parks and tourism major from Bend, Ore., and Neil Mortenson, of Cedar City, rock climb in Cedar Canyon. Mortensen said rock climbing is the best way to get a workout. The two rock climb almost daily. com Extieme sports including iock climbing and who canyoneering are hobbies for SUU students of nature etioy the adventure and competition Caytee Cox Clubs & Student Involvement vice president said she stalled iock climbing when she came to college and still goes occasionally I dont gel to go as often as I used to because of I get the my busy schedule but I love to go when chance she said She said she likes to climb in Cedar and Paiowan Cam oils Cox said she knows she is not a professional but she loves the outdoors and rock climbing has become one of her hobbies She said rock climbing is a good way to get away from all the cares of the woild and enjoy the climb Its a lelease from all the worries and its challenging so you feel like you are overcoming something Cox said She sai she learns something every time she goes climbing Mine Smith, dnector of the Outdoor Center said another extreme spoil is adv enture racing Smith said a Primal Quest Adventure Racing bioadcast will be shown in the Eccles Living & Learning Center on Oct 14 The iace will include over 300 racers biking aiound 300 to 400 miles by Moab she said Smith said the event w ill have bikers that nde the cany ons and rappel duw n the wall She said extreme sports hav e become popular in the past ten y ears It has been notched up m the last ten years and pushing the limits in the competitive sphere, she said She said there is a variety of people that go to and on events taps sponsoied by the Outdooi Centei "Sometimes we get five to six people or we get up to 30 people sometimes, Smith said It depends on the event She said hiking slot canyons rock climbing rappelling skiing and snowshoeing in the wintei are the most populai eveiTs Smith said it is not safe to take big groups of 100 oi moie people on tups and events Having huge nnsscs of people on tnps are not safe, she s ml It is n responsible oeco'iseyou cant take care ot ev eryone Neil Mortenson Cedai City resident, and his loonimale ("In is RoLeiison a freshman outdoor lecieation in pniks and tourism majoi trom Bei d Oie said they go iock climb' ng eveiyday Mortenson said he has been lock climbing for two the climbing yeais and enjoys the connadeiy and communication There is a lot of positive cheering and encouragement he said Mortensen said rock climbing is the best way to get a w oikout "It is doing exliemely haul exercise he said Its leally fun and better than going to the gym where you get bored lilting Mortenson said he met Robertson rock climbing They became good friends and are now loommates Robertson said he loves the climbing community and its a place to meet a lot of friends Mortenson and Robertson said they often do meditation before rock climbing Robertson said he loves the relaxing mental state he gets w'hile rock climbing the only thing you focus on is climbing, he said You arent worned about anything else because your concentration is on climbing Mortenson said he thinks Zion National Park has the best climbing m the world People travel from all over the world just to climb there he said He said what makes a good rock climbing area is the solid rock and how hot the area is |