Thurs. Best Bets: 6/25

7pm / Theater

A.S.K. Theatre Project’s free “Common Ground Festival ‘98” offers new works, theater labs and a theater fair, featuring such noted performers, directors and playwrights as John Fleck, Rachel Rosenthal, Maria Irene Fornes and Jose Cruz Gonzalez.

* “Common Ground Festival ‘98,” UCLA, North Campus, (parking lot 3), Westwood. Today, 7 p.m. and Saturday, 9 p.m.: “The Unexpurgated Virgin,” with the Rachel Rosenthal Co. and Amy Knowles. Today, 9 p.m. and Friday, 7 p.m.: “Helen and Frida” by the Mark Taper Forum’s Other Voices. Friday, 9 p.m.: “Fingered” by Steve Cosson. Friday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7 p.m.: “Mariachi Quixote” by Jose Cruz Gonzalez. Saturday, 7 p.m.: “Atlas of the Universe” with Johnson/Long Dance Company. Sunday, 3 p.m.: L.A. theaters present a “Theater Fair.” Sunday, 4 p.m.: “Liberty!” with Chris Wells. Sunday, 6 p.m.: “Akhmatova Project” by Nancy Keystone. Sunday, 9 p.m.: John Fleck in “Dirt.” Free; reservations required. (310) 478-9ASK.

8pm / Theater

South Coast Chorale, which bills itself as the artistic voice of the gay and lesbian community, kicks off Gay Pride Weekend with a reprise of its musical “OUT!” Written by Steven Landau, the revue was developed from the coming-out stories of chorus members.

* “OUT!,” today and Friday, 8 p.m. Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. $10-$20. (562) 985-7000.

8:30pm / Music

Celebrated violinist Itzhak Perlman steps out with four fine klezmer bands--the Klezmatics, Brave Old World, the Klezmer Conservatory Band and the Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra--for “In the Fiddler’s House,” a program that combines the rhythms and spirit of the Jewish folk tradition with the infectious improvisation of jazz and bluegrass.

* “In the Fiddler’s House,” Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Ave. $3-$70 (213) 850-2000.