The Drama Group is proud to present this heartwarming comedy - drama next in our 91st season, STEEL MAGNOLIAS – book by Robert Harling, directed by Suzanne Ashlock and boasting an “all-female” cast and production crew.
Show times for STEEL MAGNOLIAS are 7:30pm beginning Friday, February 17,18, 23, 24 and 25; Sunday matinees at 2:00pm February 19 and 26.
The Drama Group now has an online ticketing service! We are using BookTix Ticketing and Livestreaming. All tickets are available by going to The Drama Group BookTix website dg.booktix.com, where you will be directed to set up your account with “The Drama Group-BookTix Box Office.” Or you may always opt to call our Box Office at 708-755-3444.
COVID 19 PROTOCOLS
Masks will no longer be required for audience members. The Drama Group still encourages people to wear masks while in the building. This policy is subject to change..
SYNOPSIS – STEEL MAGNOLIAS
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. . As the women of Chinquapin make their way over life’s many hurdles together, they find comfort (and a fair amount of verbal ribbing) in one another. “You have no idea how wonderful you are,” M’Lynn tells the ladies at the end of the play. Truvy responds, with a smile, “Of course we do.”
Cast
Truvvy - Betty Wigell, Homewood, IL
Annelle - Laila London, Flossmoor, IL
Clairee - Cathleen Drakulich, Lansing, IL
Shelby - Mary Kate Bullaro, Chicago, IL
M’Lynn - Betsy Manzoni, Joliet, IL
Ouiser - Deborah Cairns, Park Forest, IL
Production Team
Director - Suzanne Ashlock, Homewood, IL
Assistant Director - Mary Ellen Fawk, Chicago Heights, IL
Set Design - PJ Janicki, Chicago, IL
Construction Lead - Annette Sullivan, Homewood, IL
Paint Chair - Barbie Whitney, Richton Park, IL
Light design - Jennifer Larkin, New Lenox, IL
Sound Design - Stacy Norris, Homewood, IL
Sound Board - Gemia Allen, South Holland, IL
Costume Design - Elise Greene, Tinley Park, IL
Costumes - Lauren Payne, Crete, IL
Hair & Make up - Kyna Simpson, Matteson, IL
Props / Decor - Arleen Freeman, South Holland, IL
Props / Décor - Muriel Williams, Chicago Heights, IL
Stage Manager - Rhonda Turner, Homewood, ILHea
Production Manager - Rose Crockett, Chicago Heights, IL
Social Media / Instagram - Meghan Hoyt, Flossmoor, IL
Publicity / Cast interviews - Diane Kaffka, Tinley Park, IL
Marketing / Publicity - Tina Zagone, Olympia Fields, IL
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As part of The Drama Group’s ongoing Community Outreach programs, we will be hosting an awareness campaign to focus on Type 1 & Type 2 Diabetes. The Drama Group is partnering with Franciscan Health to set up a display in the lobby during the performances of STEEL MAGNOLIAS and make available brochures and information on Diabetes in all its obvious and silent forms.
The Drama Group is pleased to be a member of Southland Arts with 26 local arts organization. See details at www.southlandarts.org.
“A Bridge to a Colorful Joyful World.”
The Drama Group acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.