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A lot can happen to a place over 245 years, and the Mission San Juan Capistrano is no exception. But amid the swallows and sanctification, the conversions and catastrophe, the 1812 earthquake that nearly leveled it, the years of neglect when Anglo California wanted nothing to do with it, its embracing in the early 20th century by Anglo civic boosters as a way to sell the California myth, the rise of the auto tourist and the beginnings of the painstaking efforts to preserve it, the festivals, weddings, gatherings, and the countless numbers who have worshipped in the chapel or merely strolled through its lush 10 acres of gardens, there is one thing that OC's oldest cultural institution has lacked:
Live theater.
But that changes Thursday night, as one of the county's most prolific live arts producers, South Coast Repertory, returns to live, fully produced theater with a production of José Cruz González's "American Mariachi" which will perform in repertory over the next three weeks with the family-friendly musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown."
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