Photos:: Spirited stories of Santa Ana

From left: Jose Cruz Gonzalez, playwright, Sara Guerrero, project director, Moises Vazquez, Latino Health Access, and Armando Molina, play director, address the audience before Santa Ana community members took the stage during a reading at Santa Ana College. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

July 1, 2014 6:03 PM PT

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Orange County’s South Coast Repertory theater is venturing out into the local community to tell the stories of Santa Ana in a community-based play.

Santa Ana community members take the stage during a reading of the first draft of “The Long Road Today” at Santa Ana College’s Phillips Hall Theatre. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Jorge F. (no last name given), of Santa Ana, joins the audience listening to Santa Ana community members at a reading. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Armando Molina, director of the play “The Long Road Today,” works with Santa Ana community members. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Jacqueline Bustamante, right, reads from the first draft of “ The Long Road Today.” (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Audience members applaud after Santa Ana community members performed a staged reading of the first draft of the play “The Long Road Today.” (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)