Steel Magnolias

  • Downstage

    12100 Hwy 49 #418
    Gulfport, Mississippi 39503
Ticket Price $16.88-$22.13 This event is now over
Description

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 ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years”), intelligent and compassionate career woman M’Lynn, and her daughter Shelby, the prettiest girl in town. Shelby’s engagement is the talk of the town, but the joy and excitement of her wedding quickly turn to concern as she faces a risky pregnancy and a myriad of health complications. Eventually, when Shelby dies from complications related to her diabetes, M’Lynn has to deal with the most difficult of life’s challenges: the loss of one’s only child. As the women of Chinquapin makes their ways 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.”

Venue Details

Downstage

12100 Hwy 49 #418
Gulfport, Mississippi 39503 Downstage
Downstage Productions Theatre

Downstage Productions Theatre is a 501c3 Non-Profit organization that was founded in 2013. Located at 12100 Highway 49 #418 in Gulfport, MS, right behind Verizon Wireless, Downstage produces shows for all ages throughout the year! 

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