SBCT presents “Steel Magnolias” Sept. 5-15

SBCT presents “Steel Magnolias” Sept. 5-15
South Baldwin Community Theatre will present “Steel Magnolias” Sept. 5-7 and Sept. 13-14 at 7:30 p.m. and at 2 p.m. on September 7-8 & Sept. 14-15. Tickets are available at sbct.biz. Tickets are $15 for students and $18 for adults.
There are two casts for this show that will alternate performances. Brandi Wittman is the director and Pam Livingston the co-director. Stage manager is Paula Dumas.
“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 , the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s ladies: rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ; an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby, 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 tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.”
SBCT will also present “The Diary of Anne Frank’’ in September, with shows scheduled September 27 & 28, and October 4 & 5 @ 7:30 pm. and September 29 & October 6 (Sunday) @ 2:30 p.m. The play is directed by Jan Vest. Rose Mary Asman is the assistant director. South Baldwin Community Theater is located at 2022 West 2nd St. in Gulf Shores. For more info or to buy tickets, visit sbct.biz or call 251-968-6721.

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Blush Cast

Truvy – Dixie Overby
Annelle – Erin Pempel
Clairee – Anna Hallex
(Allison Hendricks 9/7/19)
Shelby – Ali Livingston
M’Lynn – Marsha J. Guyer
Ouiser – Sharon L. Watson

Bashful Cast

Truvy – Nicole Bryant
Annelle – Leslee Bryant
Clairee – Allison Hendricks (Anna Hallex 9/14/19)
Shelby – Chandler Collins
M’Lynn – Marsha Guyer
Ouiser – Cynthia Mayo

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Memorable quotes from “Steel Magnolias’’

Truvy: Oh, sweetheart, don’t. Please don’t cry or I will too. I have a strict policy that nobody cries alone in my presence.
Ouiser: The only reason people are nice to me is because I have more money than God.
Truvy: Oh, Sammy’s so confused that he don’t know whether to scratch his watch or wind his butt.
Clairee: They were both high. They’d been smokin’ everything but their shoes.
Truvy: I’m just screamin’ at my husband; I can do that any time!
Annelle: Miss Truvy, I promise that my personal tragedy will not interfere with my ability to do good hair.
Truvy: When it comes to pain and sufferin’, she’s right there with Elizabeth Taylor.
Ouiser: He is a boil on the butt of humanity!
Truvy: Smile! It increases your face value.
Clairee: The only thing that separates us from the animals that are our ability to accessorize.
Clairee: I love ya more than my luggage.
Shelby: Pink is my signature color.
Truvy: Honey, time marches on and eventually you realize it is marchin’ across your face.
Truvy: In a good shoe, I wear a size six, but a seven feels so good, I buy a size eight.
Clairee: Ouiser, you sound almost chipper. What happened today – you run over a small child or somethin’?
Truvy: Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.
Truvy: There’s so much static electricity in the room, I pick up everything but boys and money.
Ouiser: I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a very bad mood for fourty years!
Clairee: Well, you know they say: if you don’t have anything nice things to say about anybody, come sit by me!
Ouiser: I’m not as sweet as I used to be.