Steel Magnolias
by Fayette County Community Theatre (FCCT)
Nov. 03 - Nov. 05, 2017
Friday-Sunday
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.
Directed by Missy Barnes
TRUVY............Melissa Weltner
ANNELLE.......Lauren Mazoch
CLAIREE........Lodie Marie Massey
SHELBY..........Susannah Mikulin
M'LYNN...........Ellen Hardin
OUISER..........Ruth Partridge
RADIO DJ.......Randy Tolman
Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling
Fayette County Community Theatre (FCCT)
November 03 - November 05, 2017
Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m., Sunday at 3 p.m.
Historic Casino Hall
254 North Jefferson Street
La Grange, TX 78945
Tickets $10 and $5 plus service fee, available online via Eventbrite
