“A touching and hilarious picture of women in the small-town South!”
March 24, 25, 26 & March 31, April 1 2006
Show Times 08:00 PM
April 2 2006
Show Time 02:00 PM
Avon Theater – 525 N. 2nd Breese, Illinois
“Presented through special arrangement with Dramtists Play Service”
Director Mike Huelsmann
Synopsis
Robert Harling’s beloved play “Steel Magnolias,” which is based on his
sister, mother and her friends in Truvy’s Beauty Shop in Chinquapin,
Louisiana, will be presented by Clinton County Showcase on March 24, 25,
26, March 31, April 1 and 2 at the Historic Avon Theatre in downtown Breese.
Showtimes are 8 p.m. for the first five performances, and then a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, April 2.
Four of the six cast members have spent some of their life in the South, so the accents are real.
“You know this show can make you laugh one minute and cry the next,”
remarked Director Mike Huelsmann, who directed Showcase’s outdoor production of the play in 1995.
The cast includes several newcomers and veterans:
Leslie Beers-Huskins of Breese as Truvy Jones, Jessi Loepker Annell Dupuy-Desoto,
ex-Southerner Kitty Gagen of Lebanon as Clairee Belcher, Jenny Gillespie of
Breese as Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie, former Alabama resident Lynne Huelsmann
of Breese as M’Lynn Eatenton, and Alabama native Betsy Gordon as cranky Ouiser Boudreaux.
Cast
| Character | Actor |
| Shelby | Jenny Gillespie |
| M’Lynne | Lynne Huelsmann |
| Ouiser | Betsy Gordon |
| Clairee | Kitty Gagen |
| Truvy | Leslie Beers-Huskins |
| Annelle | Jessi Loepker |
Crew
| Crew Job | Crew Member |
| Director / Producer | Mike Huelsmann |
| Stage Manager | Teresa Hamel |
| Costume Coordinator | Lynne Huelsmann |
| Costumes | The Cast of Steel Magnolias |
| Makeup & Hair | Jackie Boeckmann |
| Lights | Michelle Streetman, Charlie Huelsmann |
| Set Design | Mike Huelsmann |
| Set Construction Crew | Mike Huelsmann, Jim Loepker |
| Set Paint Crew | Janet Mariko-Gagen, Teresa Hamel, & Cast |
| Concessions/Ushers | Deb Stratmann |
| Box Office | Jennifer Klostermann |
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Special Thanks
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