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Reserve your seats early for our next play, Steel Magnolias, which runs from Jannuary 27 through February 19. Shows are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7 and Sunday afternoons at 3. Buy tickets online or call 868-4913.

ACT is holding auditions for Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure on Saturday February 11 at noon. This should be a really fun one. Directed by Schatzie Schaefers. Details.

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Steel Magnolias: Friday Jan. 27 - Sunday Feb. 19

sponsored by Marie's Beauty Salon and Supply

By Robert Harling   January 27 - February 19, 2012

Directed by Megan Bladow

produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

The action is set in Truvy's beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, 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 not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play changes direction when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and her health. The play 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.

Buy individual tickets online or call us at 868-4913. Shows are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 PM and Sunday afternoon at 3. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors/military/students and $11 for kids under 12. Cast List.

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