Steel Magnolias
April 21-30, 2023
at MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)
Written By: Robert Harling
Truvy Jones runs a successful beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies in the neighborhood have a standing Saturday appointment. Along with her anxious and eager assistant, Annelle, Truvy styles the hair of many of the women about town: wealthy widow and former first lady of Chinquapin, Clairee Belcher, local curmudgeon Ouiser Boudreaux, intelligent and compassionate career woman M’Lynn, and her daughter Shelby, the prettiest girl in town. Shelby’s engagement is the talk of the town, but the joy and excitement of her wedding quickly turn to concern as she faces a risky pregnancy and a myriad of health complications. As the women of Chinquapin makes their ways over life’s many hurdles together, they find comfort (and a fair amount of verbal ribbing) in one another.
Cast
Kat Blake
Annelle
Emily Buesing
Shelby
Nora Hahn
Clairee
Lauren Hainley
M'Lynn
Ansonia Jones
Truvy
Teresa Ragland
Ouiser
Joan Hodges
Swing (Clairee & Ouiser)
Rachel Omotoso
Swing (Shelby & Annelle)
Catherine deBlieux
Swing (M'Lynn & Truvy)
Production Team
RaMina Mirmortazavi
Director
Julianne McBride
Costume Design
Logan Vaden
Founding Artistic Director
Austin Colburn
Wig/Hair Design
Charles Luna
Light Board Operator
Elizabeth Grant
Stage Manager
Tasha Gorel
Production Photography
Nicholas White
Set/Lighting Design
Pin Lim
Publicity Photography
Mckenna Mathis & Sam Martinez
Run Crew