Briefly in Datebook

Judith O’Dea Morr was appointed executive vice president of the Orange

County Performing Arts Center by president Jerry E. Mandel.

The administrative change was made to meet the demands of the Center’s

planned expansion, which will create a new 2,000-seat concert hall and

500-seat music theater. Morr will assume responsibility for the

day-to-day operations of the Center’s current facilities and continue to

lead all of the programming activities.

Pacific Symphony hires VP of development

The Pacific Symphony Assn. announced that Susan Totten has been hired

as vice president of development.

Totten, who has served as director of development and campaign

director for the School of the Arts at the UC Irvine, has replaced Nancy

Schilling.

Her responsibilities include planning and executing the Pacific

Symphony Orchestra’s annual sustaining fund, managing annual fund-raising

campaigns and projects, working to increase the endowment and supervising

the planned giving program.

Open house set for performing arts program

Parents and children interested in the Adderley School for the

Performing Arts, a theater program, should attend an open house from 3 to

5 p.m. Oct. 21 at the Jimmie DeFore Dance Center, 151 Kalmus Road, Suite

G3, Costa Mesa.

Broadway and television actress Janet Adderley and television and

Broadway director Kim Friedman will head the theater academy and attend

the open house to answer questions. A second open house will be held from

3 to 5 p.m. Nov. 11 at the same location.

Attendees will have the opportunity to take advantage of discounted

early sign-up rates.

Information: (310) 230-1184.

Film noir series moderated by OCC professor

Orange Coast College professor H. Arthur Taussig will moderate a

three-part series on film noir starting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the

Orange County Museum of Art.

Taussig, author of “Film Values/Family Values: A Parent’s Guide,” will

introduce each film, starting with Billy Wilder’s 1950 noir classic,

“Sunset Boulevard.”

The series will meet the first Fridays in October, November and

December. On Nov. 3, the museum will show the 1948 thriller “Sorry Wrong

Number,” starring Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster. Lana Turner and

John Garfield star in the series’ final film, “The Postman Always Rings

Twice,” scheduled to appear Dec. 1.

Taussig is the adjunct curator of film for the museum.

Tickets are $6 for each film. The museum is at 850 San Clemente Drive,

Newport Beach. Information: (949) 759-1122, Ext. 204.