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Show »7'B4 MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2007 . Life THE COLLEGE TIMES A crash course in faith New Play Group produces Thorns And Thistles It is rare to find an LDS-based play that is not simply a reproduction of ancient religious texts. New Play Group, a Here, audiences can folfledgling theater troupe low a modern story, finding based in Provo, produced their own contemporary a quartet of short plays exploring how faith is cre- opinions of faith, hope and ated and how it is tested, charity along the way. It is too late for students according to a recent press to catch Thorns And Thisrelease. tles, which played through "This is one of my fathe end of last week. Howvorite productions of the ever, New Play Project is year," said James Goldberg, artistic director. something to keep an eye "We feel it's important for on in the future. According to their Web LDS playwrights to have a chance to write their own site, New Play Project, religious experiences using which describes its memtheir own religious termi- bers as "pioneers in valuesdriven theater," will be nology." -,'' !u i Mel Sundquist '•{•• Life writer producing America starting Nov. 30. It's another anthology about what America does right, wrong and what's "just plain silly." New Play Project is not only looking for actors for their plays, but scripts, as well. They provide local writers with a channel, for their work, as long as the scripts align with the theme of the show. They are also interested in local directors, dramaturges, stage management and designers. For more information, visit their Web site at www. newplayproject.org y project.ore) New Play Group performers pose for publicity. ROCKING fromBl humanitarian group had taken to bring wheelchairs to the needy in South America. Bands Ivy League, Love You Long Time, Victim Effect and Side Dish played on an al' ternate stage, appealing to the spectators less likely to bump and grind. The Rock the Block organization has accumulated quite a crowd of supporters over the few years since conception. Student volunteers held donation baskets, sold T-shirts, and passed around complementary fortune cookies. The event was sponsored by a multitude of local businesses including Ream's, Smart Cookie, Black Jack, Alpine Village, Costa Vida, Panda Express and Schooled Magazine. Rock the Block was initiated a few years ago by Eric Chambers and Steve Cramer from BYU and Brian McEwen from • UVSC. The three young men were not in attendance Friday night; they have since passed organization responsibilities on to fellow philanthropists Janessa Erekson, Meegan Small and Lindsey Petersen. McEwen and Chambers still continue a personal competition each year to beat each other's donations. In the midst of the commotion, one of McEwen's friends approached Erekson with a blank check and McEwen on the phone. "He wants to know how much Eric donated," he said. Each of them donated well over $250. "It costs $75 for each wheelchair, and the Wheelchair Foundation requires a minimum total of $28,000, so it's quite an effort," explained Janessa. "We've been very successful in the past. There's obviously a positive response from the students, and the local businesses are generous with the cause." Once the group has enough money raised, a few of the leadersflyto the site where the wheelchairs will be distributed. "We all pay our own expenses and all of our time is donated along the way. We even buy the T-shirts just like everyone else," Janessa said. In April 2009, the Rock the Block group is heading to Bolivia. "It's a lot of work, but so gratifying to see their faces when we give them the wheelchairs. There's nothing like it," Janessa said. Rock the Block is hosted once per semester, but the group holds smaller fundraisers throughout the school year. On Monday Oct. 8, Panda Express on University Avenue donated 20 percent of all sales to the foundation. Students interested in helping out with the next Rock the Block on April 11, 2008 can visit their group site on www.facebook.com or email rocktheblockfoundation@gmail.com. T-shirts are constantly for sale, and the ever-expanding cause is always searching for additional support. |fop Ten trademark x signs of Americas ¥$$S. laziness (Right) From left: Adrian Brody, Luke Wilson, and Jason Schwartzman as the Whitman brothers in The Darjeeling Limited. (Below) Long-haired writer/ director Wes Anderson not only making movie, but magic. Phoioi courtesy of Fox Searchlight DARJEELING fromBl and dwells in painful memories from the past. And Adrian Brody plays Peter, the ashamed-of-his-famiiy brother who wants to be anywhere else but with people he knows. Each brother has something to hide from the others and something he tries to hide from himself. Though none of them exactly look like one another, these three are the best-matched estranged brothers that Anderson could've chosen. When Darjeeling opens, you're thrown into an India passenger train with hardly any set-up. Through the course of the film, you'll learn the thought process and background of each individual character to the point where you'd think they were your brothers. Their friendship as brothers is thrown into the refiner's fire as they are unexpectedly thrown into trials far superior to those planned on their itinerary. Fox Searchlight is running a short "prequel" to the film titled Hotel Chevalier with select prints of The Darjeeling Limited, but you won't know if it's running with yours until you see it. 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