Paula Tomei, who started in 1979 as a subscriptions assistant and grew alongside the Costa Mesa theater company, has been the only managing director in SCR's 60-year history.
Newport-Mesa Unified trustees Tuesday approved a lease-leaseback agreement with a contractor that will speed up the redesign and building process by letting architects and builders draw plans together.
The production runs Thursday through Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Barbara Van Holt Theater, built in the 1960s and still serving the Estancia campus decades after promises for a new theater have failed to materialize.