Auditions for Steel Magnolias

Name: Auditions for Steel Magnolias
Start: 2025-01-12T13:30:00-06:00
Location: 1 Civic Center Dr, Florissant, MO, United States, Missouri 63033

Schedule

Sun, 12 Jan, 2025 at 01:30 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

1 Civic Center Dr, Florissant, MO, United States, Missouri 63033 | Florissant, MO

We look forward to seeing this area's talent at auditions this Sunday for STEEL MAGNOLIAS, the popular play by Robert Harling!
Sunday, January 12
1:30 pm
Please arrive 15 minutes prior for check-in.
LOCATION:
Florissant Performing Arts Center at the Florissant Civic Center
#1 James J. Eagan Dr, Florissant 63033
CALLBACKS, IF NEEDED:
Monday, January 13 at 6:30 pm

PERFORMANCES:
Fridays, March 28 and April 4 and Saturday, April 5 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, April 6 at 2:00 pm
Directed by Trish Nelke
SYNOPSIS:
Spend time in Truvy's salon in the small town of Chinquapin, Louisiana, where the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done, discuss their lives, and gossip about others' with sharp, hilarious dialogue. A tragedy brings out the underlying strength--and love--in their friendship, revealing them to be truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. Based on the author’s own life, the play showcases the bond of Southern women.
AUDITION DETAILS:
• All auditioners should arrive for the 1:30 pm start time, allowing at least 15 minutes prior for check in.
• Auditioners should download and complete the Audition Form and bring it to auditions with a current headshot (a selfie is acceptable).
• Prepare to read from the character sides provided for download online.
• Cold readings from the script may also be part of the audition.
• All people being considered for the cast will not necessarily be asked to callbacks.
SHOW SYNOPSIS
Steel Magnolias is set in the 1980s 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, the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, 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, the play moves toward tragedy showing how the sudden realization of mortality affects the gang, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which gives the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.
Complete audition information including roles and sides: https://www.hawthorneplayers.info/auditions.html