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Next up for RPG is a reading of Steel Magnolia by Robert Harling. This beautiful story of friends showcases how delicate, yet resilient, we all are. 🗓️Saturday, November 7
📍Cheek Theatre, Rockford University
5050 E State St, Rockford
7:00pm - Doors open
7:30pm - Reading
Free Admission
SUMMARY
All the ladies who are “anybody” in Chinquapin, Louisiana come to Truvy’s beauty salon 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 shampoo 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 and several acerbic verbal collisions, the comedy moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby risks her life to go through with a dangerous pregnancy. Confronted with the harshness of mortality, the others draw together to find strength – and love – in the wake of tragedy.
AGE RECOMMENDATION
13+
The play mixes light-hearted Southern banter and comedy with heavy emotional themes, including serious illness, type 1 diabetes complications, pregnancy risks, grief, and death.
CAST
Carolyn Cadigan: OUISER
Nora Eliff: ANNELLE
Jessica MacDonald: CLAIREE
Erin Philpott: M'LYNN
Stephanie Souza Rasmann: TRUVY
Ana Weickert: SHELBY
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5050 E State St, Rockford, IL, United States
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