Rockwall Community Playhouse to host auditions for Steel Magnolias

The show has six female roles – “two older, two younger, and two in between.” Auditioners will be asked to perform cold readings from the script and must be prepared to use a southern accent. A prepared comedic monologue of 1-2 minutes will be appreciated, but not mandatory.

Rehearsals are planned to begin February 17 and will typically be Monday, Tuesday, Thursday from 7 to 10 p.m., and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Performance dates are March 21st through April 5th, with performances every Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.

Requests for show-related information may be directed to Steel Magnolias director, Darlene Singleton, by email at info@rockwallcommunityplayhouse.org, but no advance copies of the scripts will be distributed prior to auditions.

For more information, visit rockwallcommunityplayhouse.org.

Character Breakdown

Truvy Jones – mid-40s; owner of the beauty salon where the action of the play takes place; married with two college-age kids; friend and neighbor to her clientele.

Annelle Dupuy-Desoto – early 20s; Truvy’s new assistant, new in town; married but separated from her outlaw husband; she’s naive, serious, full of apprehensions, but she truly loves and cares for the people in her life.

Clairee Belcher – 60s; widow of the former mayor of Chinquapin, Louisiana; she is a true grande dame; very comfortable in her own skin; very wealthy; socially prominent but unpretentious.

Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie – 20s; a lovely, independent, adventurous young woman; knows what she wants in life and won’t let anything stop her, not even her well-meaning mother; she is a nurse in the hospital’s infant ward.

M’Lynn Eatenton – mid 50s; Shelby’s mother; married 30 years with three children, two boys and Shelby; very protective of Shelby but not smothering; she works as an administrator at the Mental Guidance Center.

Ouiser Boudreaux – 60s; a true character; a very wealthy woman who doesn’t look or play the part; she’s an eccentric and a curmudgeon; speaks her mind at all costs; she possesses a wicked tongue but a heart of gold.

Information provided by Mary Thacker.