BECKY SHAW, NEXT ROOM, et al. Announced for South Coast Rep Season

South Coast Repertory has announced its upcoming productions through November. They include:

CINDERELLA (August 7 - August 15)

Everyone loves this story of a servant girl who's transformed into a princess! The fairy tale from long ago has been an opera, a pantomime, a ballet, an ice show, a comic book, a video game, many movies and plays. But this is the most fun-a song-filled show for all ages. Cinderella's only friends are a cat named Charles, a dove and four white mice. But add a pumpkin, a hip fairy godmother without wand or tutu ("Been there, done that!") and a little magic, and you know what happens! And don't forget the handsome prince who finds-and then loses-his own true love. He'll find her again, in spite of those mean stepsisters with feet too big for the glass slipper! Tickets are $12. Performance times: August 7 - 8 at 1pm and 4pm, August 14 - 15 at 1pm and 4pm.

MISALLIANCE (September 10 - October 10), Segerstrom Stage
by George Bernard Shaw
directed by Martin Benson

SCR and GBS - a relationship that has wowed theatre audiences with stellar productions and countless awards. Now the fun begins anew, and Shaw is at his mischievous best, turning his sharp wit to the relationship between parents and children. While the elders argue ideas and morals, the younger generation longs for action, adventure, love and independence. Especially Hypatia, who is tired of all the talk and ready for something to happen. Finally it does! Previews: September 10 - 16, opens September 17, closes October 10. Tickets: $24-$59 (Previews $24-$40, Regular Run $34-$59). Post Show Discussion Nights: Wednesday, September 22, and Tuesday, September 28. Inside the Season: Saturday, September 25, at 10:30am. ASL interpreted performance for the deaf community: Saturday, October 9, at 2:30pm. Honorary Producer: Mary Beth Adderley

IN THE NEXT ROOM or the vibrator play (September 26 - October 17), Julianne Argyros Stage
by Sarah Ruhl
directed by Casey Stangl

Broadway's latest mega-hit is set in the Victorian era, just before its corseted women shed their inhibitions. A new electric invention has been introduced to the medical world. Dr. Givings, one of its early champions, marvels at the effect it has on patients suffering from "female hysteria," while in the adjoining room, his own wife yearns for another kind of intimacy. This funny, tender and illuminating play has generated excitement from East Coast to West. Previews: September 26 - 30, opens October 1, closes October 17. Tickets: $20-$65 (Previews $20-$55, Regular Run $28-$65). Post Show Discussion Nights: Tuesday, October 5, and Wednesday, October 6. Inside the Season: Saturday, October 9, at 10:30am. ASL interpreted performance for the deaf community: Saturday, October 16, at 2:30pm. Honorary Producers: Jean and Tim Weiss

Becky Shaw (October 22 - November 21), Segerstrom Stage
by Gina Gionfriddo
directed by Pam MacKinnon

Like the Victorian upstart Becky Sharp, this modern Becky is unsure, overdressed and socially ambitious. But watch out. She's no shrinking violet, as the silkily cynical Max soon learns. From their first blind date, which includes an unscheduled visit to the police station, these 30-somethings, along with the newlyweds who set them up, surprise us-and themselves-in a comedy thriller The New York Times called "as engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage!" Previews: October 22 - 28, opens October 29, closes November 21. Tickets: $24-$59 (Previews $24-$40, Regular Run $34-$59). See last page for performance times. Post Show Discussion Nights: Wednesday, November 3, and Tuesday, November 9. Inside the Season: Saturday, November 11, at 10:30am. ASL interpreted performance for the deaf community: Saturday, November 20, at 2:30pm.

Performances on the Segerstrom Stage will take place Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm, Thursday - Saturday evenings at 8pm, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30pm. Performances on the Julianne Argyros Stage will take place Tuesday - Sunday evenings at 7:45pm, Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2pm.

Tickets are available by phone at (714) 708-5555, online at www.scr.org, or in person at 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.