Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/04/2021
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location
StageCoach Theatre Company
Categories
Written by Robert Harling
Produced by April Bridgeman
Directed by Sarah Hardy
Assistant Director: Ashley McGee
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 at StageCoach Theatre, 20937 Ashburn Road, Suites 115 and 120, Ashburn, VA on
Friday, December 3 from 5:30 – 9:30pm
Saturday, December 4 from 1:00 – 4:00pm
Callbacks, if needed, will be held on Sunday, December 5 from 2:00 – 4:00pm. All those auditioning should be available for callbacks.
Those wishing to audition should sign up for an audition slot here, complete an audition form here, and send their resume and headshot to info@stagecoachtc.com with the subject line “Steel Magnolias – (your name)”.
Audition will consist of cold readings from the script (spaced out in 15 minute intervals).
A small stipend is paid per performance.
Six performances will be held from March 12 – 27, 2022 at StageCoach Theatre in Ashburn, VA. Rehearsals will be held there or at INMED Center on Ridgetop Circle in Sterling. Readthrough of the script will be on December 7. Rehearsals will be held Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings beginning December 9. Everyone cast will need to be at ALL performances and at ALL rehearsals during the two weeks prior to opening.
