Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias is a comedy-drama about the bond among a group of Southern women in Louisiana. As the title suggests, the “female characters are as delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel”.

The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon, 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 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 play is alternately hilarious and touching—and, in the end, deeply revealing of the strength and purposefulness which underlies the antic banter of its characters.
For full show details, please visit the SOAP Theatre website at https://www.soplayers.ca/steel.html

Show Dates & Times
Fri-Sat, May 2-3 at 7:30 pm
Sun Matinee, May 4 at 2:00 pm
Fri-Sat, May 9-10 at 7:30 pm
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TICKETS: 
Single Show Ticket Prices
$26 Adults at the door
$24 Adults in advance
$20 Adults for groups of 10 or more (contact ticket office)
$18 Students with valid Student ID

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