Steel Magnolias

by Robert Harling

Auditions for our April production of Steel Magnolias

Sunday December 8 – 1:00 – 4:00 pm
Monday December 9 – 6:00 – 9:00 pm

Auditions will be held at Bethany Christian Reformed Church, 158 Main Street, Bloomfield –
Lower level

Steel Magnolias has roles for 6 women from age 19 through 60’s.

Character Descriptions

TRUVY JONES 40ish. Owner of the beauty shop
ANNELLE DUPUY-DESOTO 19ish. Beauty Shop Assistant
CLAIREE BELCHER 60’s. Widow of the former mayor. Grande dame.
SHELBY EATONTON 20’s. Prettiest girl in town.
M’LYNN EATONTON 50ish. Shelby’s mother. Socially prominent career woman.
OUISER BOUDREAUX 60’s. Wealthy curmudgeon. Acerbic but lovable.

The Story

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.

For more information or to borrow a script please contact director Bailey Mulridge at:
mulridge.elizabeth@gmail.com