Show Dates:
April 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, May 1
Show Times:
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 2 pm
Director:
Debbie Baumann
Stage Manager:
Carla Poggemeyer
Advisors:
Mark Mautner
& Robert Silva
Cast:
Truvy Jones – Jessica MacMillan
Annelle Dupuy-Desoto – Chandra Bolyarde
Clairee Belcher – Patte Quinn
Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie – Brooklyn Santiago
M'Lynn Eatenton – June Alane Reif
Ouiser Boudreaux – Rose Marie Sweeney
Radio Announcer – Robert Silva
Crew:
Sound Design – Ed Fevang
Lighting Design – Joe Adams
Properties & Costume Design – Company
Publicity – Stephanie Cole
Poster Design – June Alane Reif
Hair Wrangler – Brooklyn Santiago
Sink Construction/Floor Painting – Ken "Scarface" Boyd
Synopsis:
The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a "good ole boy." Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.
"Harling has given his women sharp, funny dialogue…The play builds to a conclusion that is deeply moving."
—NY Daily News
"…a skillfully crafted, lovingly evoked picture of eccentricity in the small-town South…Robert Harling is a new voice in the theatre and the qualities of STEEL MAGNOLIAS suggest he may be an important one."
—Drama-Logue
"…suffused with humor and tinged with tragedy."
—NY Post
Presented under special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
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