Day 372 Steel Magnolias play in Plymouth MA

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The Plymouth Community Theater will be performing the comedy dramatic play Steel Magnolias over the first two March weekends at the Plymouth Center for the Arts. The stage play was originally staged Off-Broadway in 1987, and then was produced on Broadway in 2005. All of the action of the play takes place solely on one set . 

Steel Magnolias is about the bond among a group of Southern women in northwest Louisiana. It is written by Robert Harling, based on his experience with the death of his sister. The title suggests the “female characters are as delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel”. The magnolia specifically references a magnolia tree they are arguing about at the beginning. The action centers on Truvy’s beauty parlour and the women who regularly gather there. The story begins on the morning of Shelby’s wedding to Jackson and covers events over the next three years, including Shelby’s decision to have a child despite having Type 1 diabetes and the complications that result from the decision. There is also a glimpse of the unlikely friendship between Clairee and Ouiser; Annelle’s transformation from a shy, anxious newcomer in town to a good-time girl and then to a revival-tent Christian; and Truvy’s relationships with the men in her family. Although the main storyline involves Shelby, her mother and Shelby’s medical battles, the underlying group-friendship among all six women is prominent throughout the drama. A film was produced  in 1989 with Sally Fields and Julia Roberts as the leads. 

 

Showtimes:
Friday March 2 at 8pm
Saturday March 3 at 8pm
Sunday March 4 at 3pm*


Friday March 9 at 8pm
Saturday March 10 at 8pm
Sunday March 11 at 5pm

Tickets are $20 for Friday and Saturday evening performances, and $18 for Sunday afternoon performances. Tickets are online  or  available at the Front Desk, and at Hollis Insurance Agency

 

Make a night out of it by going to do dinner before hand at Issac’s Restaurant or East Bay grill