PLAN AHEAD: South Coast Repertory honchos are...

PLAN AHEAD: South Coast Repertory honchos are ecstatic to be one of only nine theaters nationwide to win a grant for youth theater (F5). . . . The $30,000 award will mean seed money for a new Christmas musical being created for the Costa Mesa theater by two prominent Latino artists--and one designed to build youthful audiences into future patrons. “We can’t expect 20 years down the line that an audience is going to materialize out of thin air,” says SCR literary manager John Glore.