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Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
Directed by Victoria Helms
April 26-30, 2000

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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.​
Cast
Truvy - Janet James 
Annelle - Julie Sparks 
Clairee - Sandra Smith 
Shelby - Jessica Sparks 
M'Lynn - Susan Grissom 
Ouiser - Mary Mills 
   
Crew
Victoria Helms - Director
Mary Dyer - Stage Manager 
JC Weeks - Lighting and Sound
Richard Hammock - Set Design/Construction 
Nathan Hill - 
Set Design/Construction 
Scotty Kennedy - Set Design/Construction 
Tim Miller - 
Set Design/Construction
Mark Richardson - Set Design/Construction 
Jane Williams - 
Set Design/Construction 
Clyniece Ledbetter - Hair and Makeup
Jane Williams - Hair and Makeup
Linda Jackson - Hair and Makeup
Kathryn Cantrell - Hair and Makeup
Vicki Self - Hair and Makeup
Linda Gray - Costumes
Anne Vinson - Costumes
Anne Vinson - Props 
Denise Pierce - 
Props 
Nancy Frame - Box Office
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