Steel Magnolias Auditions

Steel Magnolias
Full Length, Comedy/Drama
6 women
Total Cast: 6

THE STORY: 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.

Auditions will be held on Sunday, March 16 and Monday, March 17at 6:30
p.m. and consist of cold readings from the script. Auditions will be held at
1001 South 6 th Street, Council Bluffs, IA. For further information please
contact Bob at 712-890-5608. Ann Coombs is the director. Steel Magnolias
will open on Friday, May 9 and run through Sunday May 18, 2025.

It would be a perfect Mother’s Day experience on May 11, 2025.

Production Dates: Friday, May 09 | 19:30 pm