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Steel Magnolias

Full-Length Play, Drama  /  6w

Robert Harling

Steel Magnolias
by Robert Harling

Hilarious and touching, this play for six women is set in a beauty parlour in Louisiana.

Steel Magnolias

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Hilarious and touching, this play for six women is set in a beauty parlour in Louisiana. Through four scenes spanning three years the staff and customers engage in small-town gossip but we see a deep strength and purposefulness emerge when Shelby - a diabetic - dies following a kidney transplant operation.
Cast Attributes

F6 (19, 25, 40s-60s)

Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie

M'Lynn Eatenton

Ouiser Boudreaux

Clairee Belcher

Truvy Jones

Annelle Dupuy-Desoto


  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Setting Beauty parlour
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

"Warm-hearted and sentimental ..." - Guardian

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Authors

Robert Harling

Robert Harling

Born in Dothan, Alabama, Robert Harling lived in several Southern towns before his family settled in Natchitoches, Louisiana when he was twelve. Upon his graduation from Northwestern University of Louisiana and Tulane Law School, rather than take the bar exam, he opted to be ...

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