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Homecoming Wrap
Report
The
long-anticipated final installment of The Chi-Rho
Files played to
enthusiastic audiences at
NCC December 4-7. The two-hour episode tied up the loose ends
of Investigations of the Unorthodox, The
Assignment, and The Power Unleashed. George
Rosok made an outstanding directing debut on the production, a
far cry from his appearance as the dull-witted Kenan in
The Assignment.
Original cast members Greg Wright (Nico),
Jenn Wright (Ana), Mike Brunk (Josh) and Dave Stark (Ham) 
reprised roles from past
installments. Stefanie Kelly potrayed Doctor Geissler,
an Empired spy who infiltrated the Goldbergs' home.
Raymond Jones played Ana and Perez' father, and newcomer Kathy
Bledsoe portrayed their stroke-beset mother. Rebekah Koch and Linda Woltz took turns playing
Perez.
In the final script,
both Ana and Perez find their way back to
Philadelphia, where they find out the truth about their
father: that he was part of the Sanhedrin plot to
kill Jesus. Nico attempts to manipulate the secret into
a faith-destroying revelation, only to have Ana turn the
tables on him. His own faith is destroyed, and the
play closes with new converts Ana and Nico awaiting execution
at the hands of the Empire.
Who could have seen such an end
for these two during The Assignment? |
Mike Brunk Directs at
Redwood
For the last several years, Michael Brunk
has turned Redmond's Redwood Theatre into a
home-away-from-home. This season, he nabbed the cherry
of the schedule, a rollicking mystery-murder farce by Jack
Sharkey, While the Lights Were
Out
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The play concerns the goings-on
at a Bermuda estate, and the rather bumbling efforts of the
local officials to unravel the trail of clues left spattered
across the stage.
The play features DIM regulars George
Rosok, Linda Woltz, Jenn Wright and Greg Wright --
George, Linda and Jenn making their community theatre
debuts. Greg returns to Redwood's stage after a hiatus
of nearly a decade, appearing -- yet again -- as a
detective.
The cast of
the play also includes sometime-DIM players Michelle Tuck
(Saint Joan) and Brandon Brown (King to Knight's
Pawn). Judy Schwanke (Saint Joan) once
again serves as Stage Manager.
The play runs on Fridays,
Saturdays and Sundays through February 8 at
the Redmond Senior Center, then moves to the
Lake City Elks Club for performances
February 14 & 15. For more
information, call 206-525-3493, or see the Redwood
Theatre website.
Don't miss this show! It's a wild
night of hilarity and fun.
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Greg Wright Signs Book
Contract
For the better part of three years, Greg
has been volunteering his time covering the Lord of the
Rings movies for the Hollywood
Jesus website. About a year ago, webmaster and site
creator Pastor David Bruce suggested to Greg that he do a book
on the
subject,
using the website's
coverage as a springboard.
At the end of November, Greg signed a
contract for publication of the book 
(proposed cover design at
left) with VMI
Publishing, based in Sisters,
Oregon.
Unlike the Hollywood Jesus site, the book
is specifically targeted at a Christian audience (though the
publishers are planning for extensive cross-over appeal
as well). The book is not so much aimed at an analysis
of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel, as it tries to suggest an objective
basis for assessing the spiritual value of the work. It
also dissects the gamut of Christian reactions to Tolkien's
novel, and suggests a
strikingly new alternative for
response.
VMI is targeting a July release for the
book. Watch
for further news about
availability. |
Romania Mania
Last December, Greg and Jenn Wright joined
singer-missionary Nia Jones and her manager Kevin Hoy on a
trip to Oradea, Romania, where Nia's Smiles
Club focuses much of its mission work.
While there, they teamed up with
four other British mission supporters for several days of work
with local Smiles Club staffers. In addition to Operation
Christmas Child shoebox
distributions and continuing housing relief work for 
poverty-stricken families, the team
made extraordinay progress on Kevin and Nia's latest mission
from God -- a school for the Gypsy village near Tileagd, a
suburb of Oradea.
Since proposing the school
project to the Gypsy headmen during the trip in December,
Smiles has since received a commitment of support for the
project from the Gypsy community, and has entered into
agreement with a local bank to take over a manufacturing
complex in receivership, for conversion into a school
building.
Following Kevin's first public announcement of the project
this week in Atlanta, $25,500 of the $27,000 needed to start
the project has been pledged. God is
good!
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