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966-4625.

TILL OCT. 9

‘THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE’

Bertolt Brecht’s work, which is rich with themes of morality,

justice and the effects of war on individuals through the centuries,

will be staged at south Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa

Mesa. Tickets cost $20 to $58. Information: (714) 708-5555 or

o7www.scr.orgf7.

TILL OCT. 16

‘DUMB SHOW’

The comedy hit that probes celebrity and the tabloid press,

written by Joe Penhall and directed by David Emmes, will be staged at

South Coast Repertory, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets

cost $20 to $58. Information: (714) 708-5555 or o7www.scr.orgf7.

TODAY

MICHELE LEE

Michele Lee opens the 2005-06 cabaret season, bringing her

effervescent personality and a charismatic audience appeal to her

performances. Lee is a two-time Tony Award nominee and an Emmy

nominee. She will perform in Founders Hall at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets

cost $49. Information: (714) 556-2787 or o7www.ocpac.orgf7.

KENNY ROGERS

Kenny Rogers has been entertaining audiences for five decades and

is bringing his talent to Segerstrom Hall at the Orange County

Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets

cost between $28 and $132. Information: (714) 556-2787 or

o7www.ocpac.orgf7.

TODAY, SUNDAY, AND OCT. 8 AND 9

‘SOLO VOICES’

A festival of student-directed one-person plays and monologues is

being staged by the Orange Coast College Repertory Theatre Company at

8 p.m. in the college’s Drama Lab, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa.

For mature audiences. Cost is $7 in advance and $8 at the door.

Information: (714) 432-5880.

SUNDAY

CENTENNIAL KICK-OFF

The Let’s Do Launch Beach Party, the centennial kick-off party

featuring music by The Beach Boys, is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

at the Newport Dunes, 1131 Back Bay Drive, Newport Beach. There will

be games, volleyball, bounce houses, hula hoops, a dunk tank, boat

rides, exhibits, dancing, food and beverages. Tickets cost $15.

Information: (949) 718-1856 or o7www.newportbeach100.comf7.

TIEMPO LIBRE

Tiempo Libre, one of Miami’s hottest Latin bands, is scheduled to

entertain audiences at 7 p.m. at the Orange County Performing Arts

Center, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa. Tickets cost between $25

and $70. Information: (949) 553-2422, (714) 556-2787 or

o7www.philharmonicsociety.orgf7.

TUESDAY TO OCT. 16

‘EVITA’

The Tony-winning Broadway musical of the life of Eva Peron,

boasting a compelling score by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice,

returns to Orange County. The show will be staged in Segerstrom Hall

at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive,

Costa Mesa. Tickets cost between $20 and $65. Information: (714)

556-2787 or o7www.ocpac.orgf7.