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* Submit AFTER HOURS items to the Daily Pilot, 1375 Sunflower Ave.,

Costa Mesa, CA 92626; by fax to (714) 966-4679; or by calling (714)

966-4625.

TODAY

‘BREATH OF SPRING’

Ah, the British have a way with farces! When a maid with a shady

past is suspected of stealing a mink sole, a former Army major and

several other lodgers of a boarding house endeavor to return the fur

without being caught. Written by Peter Coke and directed by Terri

Miller Schmidt, the play will be performed at 8 p.m. Thursday through

Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Newport Theatre Arts Center,

2501 Cliff Dr., Newport Beach. Tickets are $20 opening night and $15

every other show. Information: (949) 631-0288.

SUNDAY

BALBOA BLUES

Balboa Blues, a band that plays mostly original music written by

Bucky Moore, will play from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Players, 512 19th

Street West, Costa Mesa. Information: (949) 646-5615.