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Steel Magnolias
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Written by Robert Harling
Directed by Maura Buckley Troiano
Produced by Steve Loring
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Performances in the Auditorium of the
Kingston Intermediate School
April 5, 6, 12, 13, 2002 at 8:00 p.m.
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Cast and Production Staff
Rehearsal Photos:
#1 Miscellaneous
#2 More...
#3 With Captions
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Synopsis
The close-knit women at Truvy's Beauty Salon, the unofficial hub of Chinquapin La.,
have lots of time to gossip. Their husbands - - absent, depressed, or dead - - have made
sure of that. Consequently, visitors to the salon get more than a wash and cut.
The wise-cracking Truvy, with the help of her new glamour technician Annelle,
dispenses shampoo with liberal doses of free advice and gossip to the town's curmedgeon, Ouiser;
an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, and the local town social worker, M'Lynn, whose daughter,
Shelby, is on the verge of marriage.
Alternately hilarious and touching, the play focuses on the comaderie of these six Southern women
who talk, gab, gossip, chitchat, needle and harangue each other through the best of times - -
and cry, caress, comfort and repair one another through the worst. They're soul mates in a rarefied
way that assumes a cult of femininity - - sisters come hell and high water. Pushing laughter and pain
together, Steel Magnolias pulls tears from even the most cynical eyes.
The women at Truvy's beauty parlour are the steel magnolias of the title: Southern belles, flowery on the outside, but strong
enough inside to survive any challenge, many of which are presented through the course of the narrative.
Background
Robert Harling's play began as a short story about the death of his diabetic sister following
childbirth, before it evolved into a play. Harling was a model and an actor at the time.
The off-Broadway WPA Theatre first produced the work, before, following revisions by Harling,
it moved to Broadway, opening June 19, 1987, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, and running for 1,126
performances. Kyle Renick produced and Pamela Berlin directed. Steel Magnolias made its way to the
big screen in 1989, featuring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah,
Olympia Dukakis, and Julia Roberts. The film version expanded the story to include the men who are
only alluded to in the stage version.
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Cast & Production Staff
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| CAST LIST |
| Truvy Jones | Stephanie Gallagher |
| Annelle Dupuy-Desoto | Sara Zifcak |
| Clairee Belcher | Sunny Steadman |
| Shelby Eatenton | Sims McCormick |
| M'Lynn Eatenton | Cindy Capra |
| Ouiser Boudreaux | Theresa Chiasson |
| DJ Voice-over | Ric Bailey |
| PRODUCTION STAFF |
| Director | Maura Troiano |
| Assistant Director | Marguerite Copel |
| Producer | Steve Loring |
| Assistant Producer | Lisa Driscoll |
| Stage Manager | Richard Knox |
| Costume Coordinator | Cheryl Keyes |
| Property Managers | Anita Sisler & Andrea Doty |
| Set Designer | Ross Troiano |
| Set Decoration | Bernie Noyes |
| Set Crew | Ricki Bowser |
| Lighting & Sound Design | Dan Gallagher |
| Playbill | Chris Bailey |
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