Adventures on stage

South Coast Repertory is holding its 4th annual Pacific Playwrights

Festival, in conjunction with the Hispanic Playwrights Project, through

July 1. The festival showcases new plays by established and emerging

playwrights. For tickets or information, call (714) 708-5555.

WORKSHOPS

California Scenarios

Playwrights: Luis Alfaro, Joann Farias, Anne Garcia-Romero, Jose Cruz

Gonzalez and Octavio Solis

Plot: Five short plays explore Latino life in California. Part of the

Hispanic Playwrights Project

Where: Isamu Noguchi California Scenario, 3200 Park Center Drive,

Costa Mesa

When: 8 p.m. today through Sunday

Cost: $10

Nostalgia

Playwright: Lucinda Coxon

Plot: On a farm in South Wales, two brothers hear a siren’s song. The

mysterious woman across the river could hold the answer to what is in the

woods. Add in the creator of a world-famous fictional detective and you

have the start to this SCR-commissioned play.

Where: Second Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

When: 7:45 p.m. today through Monday

Cost: $18

READINGS

Getting Frankie Married -- and Afterwards

Playwright: Horton Foote

Plot: Mrs. Willis, a Texas matriarch on her deathbed, intends to see

her son married, and after years of bachelorhood, Fred intends to do the

right thing by Frankie, his longtime sweetheart.

Where: Mainstage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

When: 10 a.m. today

Cost: $8

Scab

Playwright: Sheila Callaghan

Plot: Two grad school roommates struggle to get motivated. Christa is

working on her thesis, but neglecting her appearance. While Annie can

help Christa with her looks, she can’t escape visions of her past.

Where: Second Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

When: 2 p.m. today

Cost: $8

The Falls

Playwright: Hilary Bell

Plot: At the turn of the 19th Century in Sydney, Australia, things are

rarely what they seem.

Where: Mainstage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa

When: 11 a.m. Sunday

Cost: $8