Title
Files
Playwright
Robert Harling
Performance Dates
July 16-19, 23-26, July 29-August 2, 1998
Creative Team
Directed by..........................Ed Vaughan
Scenic Design by................Stephanie Gerckens
Costume Design by.............Katie Robbins
Lighting Design by..............Rob Johnson
Sound Design by................Jonathan Erwin
Synopsis
The play opens with discussion of Shelby's wedding day to her fiancé, Jackson, in the fictional northwestern Louisiana parish of Chinquapin at Truvy's in-home beauty parlour where the women regularly gather. It covers events over the next three years with Shelby's Type 1 diabetes and how the women interact at times with conflict but in the end resolved friends: Shelby's decision to have a child despite the complication that could result from her condition, Clairee's friendship with the curmudgeon Ouiser; Annelle's transformation from a shy, anxious newcomer in town to a good-time girl then repentant revival-tent Christian; and Truvy's relationships with the men in her family. Although the main storyline involves Shelby, her mother M'Lynn, and Shelby's medical battles, the underlying group-friendship among all six women is prominent throughout the drama
Disciplines
Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
OST, Summer Stock, Otterbein Theatre, Musicals
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "Steel Magnolias" (1998). 1998 Summer Theatre. 2.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/summer_production_1998/2