Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
By Robert Harling
Truvy Jones runs a successful beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies in the neighborhood have a standing Saturday appointment. Along with her anxious and eager assistant, Annelle, Truvy styles the hair of many of the women about town: wealthy widow and former first lady of Chinquapin, Clairee Belcher, local curmudgeon Ouiser Boudreaux, intelligent and compassionate career woman M’Lynn, and her daughter Shelby, the prettiest girl in town. Shelby’s engagement is the talk of the town, but the joy and excitement of her wedding quickly turn to concern as she faces a risky pregnancy and a myriad of health complication.
Please be aware this production includes themes related to diabetes, high-risk pregnancy and fertility.
The play was adapted for the screen by the same writer in 1989. It starred Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts, Sally Fields, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine and Olympia Dukakis
The play originally opened Off-Broadway (with one set and an all-female cast although the voice of a male DJ on the radio is intermittent during the play with all male "characters" referenced only through dialogue) at the WPA Theatre, in New York City, on March 28, 1987, with Pamela Berlin as director.
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
Maggie Allsop and Katie Webb
CAST
Truvy - Lucy Cragg
Annelle - Grace Morris
Clairee - Nicky Shipton
Shelby - Kayleigh Boatwright
M'Lynn - Jacqui Ward
Ouiser - Tracey Ball
Voice of the DJ - Grant McCotter
CREW
Stage Manager - Phil Lovell and Will Wrighton
Prompt - Mags Bond
Set Crew & Build Team - Tim Bond, Annette Crump, Steve Crump, Dave Gale, and Jane Gale
Props - Simon Ellis and James Frost
Sound - Grant McCotter
Lighting - Paul Rotten and Tim Bond
Costumes - Karen Smith and Margaret Ward
Hair and Wigs Mistress - Roisin Hall
Make-up: Charlotte Murden
Publicity - Lucy Cragg, James Frost, and Simon Ellis
Poster design - Katie Webb
Box Office - Rob Creer
Front of House - David Lord and members of Sodbury Players
