4th annual craft festival to come...

4th annual craft festival to come to fairgrounds

The annual Craft and Sewing Festival will be held at the Orange

County Fairgrounds from Sept. 5 to Sept. 7. The fairgrounds are at 88

Fair Drive, Costa Mesa.

More than 100 exhibitors are expected to participate in the fourth

annual event, which will feature sewing, quilting, needle-art and

craft products. Visitors can participate in the festival and learn

about supplies, ideas, designs and techniques. There will be

workshops, classes and seminars.

Admission is $8, but discount coupons are available at area

sewing, fabric and craft venues. Times are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each

day.

Information: (800) 962-7238.

‘Fortinbras’ auditions coming up at OCC

Auditions for “Fortinbras” will be held Sept. 16-17 at Orange

Coast College’s Drama Lab Theatre, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

The college’s Theatre Department will hold the auditions from 5:30

to 7 p.m. Sept. 16 and 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 17. Roles include 12 for men

and 8 for women. The play is based on characters that appear in

“Hamlet,” by Shakespeare.

The show will go onstage Nov. 21-24 and Dec. 5-8.

Information: (714) 432-5640.

‘Jack and Jill’ climb onto OCC’s schedule

The works of the famously “unknown” playwright Jane Martin --

experts guess the moniker to be a pseudonym -- will be a part of

Orange Coast College’s Repertory Theatre Company this fall.

“Jack and Jill,” a Jane Martin comedy about modern wedlock, will

be staged Sept. 14-15 and Sept. 21-22 at Orange Coast College’s Drama

Lab Studio, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Show times are 8 p.m.

Saturday, and 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $6 or $7.

Information: (714) 432-5640, Ext. 1.