7:30 pm: Jazz/Movies

Jazz historian and collector Mark Cantor has organized “Jazz on Film,” a two-hour program of film clips of such jazz greats as Duke Ellington, Joe Williams, Ella Fitzgerald, Howlin’ Wolf, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Big Mama Thornton, the big bands of Count Basie, Woody Herman and Charlie Barnet, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Thelonious Monk and Jack Teagarden. The film program, which is presented by the L.A. County Museum of Art’s film department, the Playboy Jazz Festival and AFI Fest, is the warmup to this weekend’s Playboy Jazz Festival.

* “Jazz on Film,” LACMA, Bing Theater, 5905 Wilshire Blvd. 7:30 p.m. $5-$7. (323) 857-6010. (See Saturday Best Bets for information on the Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl.)

8 pm: Theater

The second annual “Pacific Playwrights’ Festival” features workshop productions and staged readings by Rogelio Martinez, Jose Rivera, Jonathan Ceniceroz, Eduardo Andino, Richard Greenberg, Marlane Meyer, Donald Margulies, Nicky Silver and Tom Donaghy, plus John Glore’s new mainstage play, “On the Jump.”

* “Pacific Playwrights’ Festival,” South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Today, Saturday and June 16, 18, 8 p.m.; June 20, 7:30 p.m.: “Illuminating Veronica” by Rogelio Martinez. Friday, June 17, 19, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; June 20, 2:30 p.m.: “References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot” by Jose Rivera. Saturday, 2:30 p.m.: “Lupe, Now!” by Jonathan Ceniceroz. Sunday, 2:30 p.m.: “Cuchifrito” by Eduardo Andino. June 18, 1 p.m.: “Everett Beekin” by Richard Greenberg. June 18, 3 p.m.: “The Mystery of Attraction” by Marlane Meyer. June 19, 10 a.m.: “God of Vengeance” by Donald Margulies. June 19, 2:30 p.m.: “The Altruists” by Nicky Silver. June 20, 11 a.m.: “The Beginning of August” by Tom Donaghy. John Glore’s “On the Jump” (see Larger listings). Ends June 20. $8 for readings; $12-$18 for workshop productions; “On the Jump,” $28-$43. Opening night, with Hispanic Playwrights Project reception, $25. (714) 708-5555.

8 pm: Theater

Charlayne Woodard reprises her award-winning solo drama, “Pretty Fire,” five autobiographical vignettes about three generations of her family, as an L.A. Theatre Works live radio theater presentation. It will be recorded for future broadcast on KCRW-FM (89.9).

* “Pretty Fire,” L.A. Theatre Works at Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. Today and Friday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Dark Saturday. $28-$32. (310) 827-0889.

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FREEBIE: UCLA Festival ’99 is a nine-day showcase of works on campus by theater, film and TV students. Schedule: (310) 825-5761 or https://www.tft.ucla.edu.