Undergraduate theater students rarely get the chance to work on a major world premiere, but this year hundreds of them will. Currently, more than 70 colleges and universities are participating in "365 Days/365 Plays," an ambitious project from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. Every week, as they mount their portion of this epic experiment, another group of students and teachers will be ushered into theater history. Parks and producing partner Bonnie Metzgar say they are dedicated to making space for anyone who wants to tackle "365." To that end, the royalty fee for each play is only $1, and companies are encouraged to produce the scripts however they can, regardless of budget. This openness quickly led to the creation of the University Network, which includes both prominent institutions like Brown, Vanderbilt and Yale universities, and smaller schools like Berea College in Kentucky, Hendrix College in Arkansas and Palomar College in California. The chance to take artistic risks on such a significant scale has created a fervent response. Rebecca Rugg, the associate chair of playwriting at Yale School of Drama and coordinator of the University Network, says students and faculty are enthusiastically forming communities to bring their portions of "365" to life. Of course, with "365" birthing so many small communities, the challenge now becomes joining them into a cohesive unit. After all, if schools across the United States and Canada are all working on the same project, it stands to reason that they will have insights to share. Though "365" does have a Web site in development, Rugg says she hopes someone will emerge with a plan to bridge the vast distances between schools.