Carrollwood Players Theatre presents a staged reading of Robert Harling's iconic STEEL MAGNOLIAS. Presented in our intimate 60-seat Black Box Performance Space.
Friday, September 4th, 8 pm
Saturday, September 5th, 8 pm
Sunday, September 6th at 3 pm
Carrollwood Players Theatre, 4333 Gunn Highway, Tampa, FL, 33618
Tickets: $10
THE STORY: 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 moves toward a dramatic finale when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy.
