Auburn Area Community Theatre Presents

Steel Magnolias

Based on his own experience growing up in rural Natchitoches, Louisiana, Robert Harling's landmark play Steel Magnolias explores the bonds between six women at a beauty salon. Harling based his play on the death of his sister, Susan, from complications related to diabetes. Combining light-hearted comedy and quirky characters with a serious, heart-rendering storyline, Steel Magnolias has appealed to audiences both onstage and in its popular 1989 film adaptation. It has been translated into seventeen languages and has been produced across the world. 

Hilarious and touching, this play for six women is set in a beauty parlor in Louisiana. Through four scenes spanning three years the staff and customers engage in small-town gossip, but we see a deep strength and purposefulness emerge when Shelby - who has diabetes - dies following a kidney transplant operation. 

Performances will be held at the Jan Dempsey Community Arts Center at:

222 E Drake Avenue in Auburn, Alabama.

May 9, 10, 15, 16, and 17 at 7:00 p.m. May 11 and 18 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $14 for adults and $12 for children, students and seniors. Seating is first come, first serve with doors opening 30 minutes before the performance. For patrons requirement special seating for mobility reasons, up to three companion seats can be reserved. More seats than that may be purchased, but will not be reserved in the same area.