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Graduate student Tara Turnbull wrote, directed and produced &quot;The Sunrise Club,&quot; which tells the story of a group of students experiencing their last sunrise on Earth before moving to another planet. Turnbull said the plot was inspired by the impacts humans can have on Earth&#039;s ecology and the possible consequences. (Shelby Scoggins/Daily Bruin)

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UCLA student&#039;s play &quot;The Sunrise Club&quot; explores environmentalism, the future - Daily Bruin

UCLA student&#8217;s play &#8220;The Sunrise Club&#8221; explores environmentalism, the future

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Tara Turnbull first thought of the idea for her play during a high school science class. She sat on a stiff stool at a long black lab table when a vision came to her: two students sitting on a hilltop, talking about life.

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UCLA student’s play “The Sunrise Club” explores environmentalism, the future

By Emanuela Boisbouvier

July 11, 2016 12:00 a.m.