Steel Magnolias is coming soon to the stage at The Legacy at the Opera House in Cordell.
Director Julie K. Barnett says the cast is in place and rehearsals are underway.
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.
The cast includes Heather Flores as Truvy, Latasha Aston as Annelle, Brooke Gatlin as Shelby, Michaela Palmer as Clairee, Julie K. Barnett as M’Lynn, and. Shella Stinley as Ouiser.
Steel Magnolias will open on August 4th at 7:00 p.m. with shows on Saturday, August 5th at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. and Sunday, August 6th at 3:00 p.m.
Tickets will go on sale Monday, July 24th and can be purchased by calling 580-660-6664.