Steel Magnolias Auditions at Art Centre Theatre

Auditions for the Adul Cast Production of ACT's "Steel Magnolias" 
Published by Dramatics Play Service 

Rehearsals are on Wednesdays 6pm - 9:30pm

Performances: March 3rd - 19th, 2022

Auditions: November 12th & 19th 2022 10am - 2pm
Please email the director if you're interested in auditioning: apys@aol.com

Show Summary: 
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.