Steel Magnolias

By Robert Harling| Directed by Amy Hanford
Germantown Community Theatre
3037 Forest Hill Irene Rd, Germantown, TN 38138
Show Dates: September 14 – 30, 2012
Show Times: 7:30 pm Wednesdays/Thursdays, 8:00 pm Fridays/ Saturdays,   and Sundays at 2:30pm
Tickets: $21.00 Adults, $15.00 Senior & Students, $10 Kids 12 and under
Box Office: 901.937.3023
Generously Sponsored by McVEAN TRADING & INVESTMENTS LLC and Goulds Day Spa & Salon

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.

Steel Magnolias Cast:

Truvy Jones: Tamara Wright

Annelle Dupuy-Desoto: Jeanne Sill

Clairee Belcher: Louise Levin

Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie: Lindsey Roberts

M’Lynn (Mary Lynn) Eatenton: Janie Paris

Ouiser Boudreaux: Emily Peckham

Steel Magnolias Production Team/Crew:

Director: Amy Hanford

Technical Director/Set Design/Co-Set Dressing: Kerry Strahm

Assistant Director/Sound Design/Co-Set Dressing: Gary Cook

Stage Manager: Summer Pike

Costume Design: Robin Owens

Lighting Design: Melissa Hanson

Props: Betty Dilley

Hair/Makeup Design: Buddy Hart

Assistant Stage Manager: Donna Lappin

Costume Stitcher: Mary Jane Taintor

Mural artist: Elaine Hoover

Light/sound board operators: Summer Pike, Stuart Turner, Wesley Barnes

Stage Crew/Dressers: Mark Marchan, Alex Kesner, Erin McGory, Elena Savage