Steel Magnolias

Performances: August 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 Fridays & Saturdays @ 7:30 pm Sunday matinees @ 2:00 pm AT the Fort Walton Beach Civic Auditorium 107 Miracle Strip Pkwy Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548 Tickets are $20 (students pay $10 at the door) Tickets go on sale two weeks prior to opening night and can be purchased online at www.StageCraftersFWB.com or at the following locations: P.S. Gifts 29 NE Walter Martin Rd. Fort Walton Beach, FL (850) 243-9577 Bayou Books 1118 E John Sims Pkwy. Niceville, FL (850) 678-1593 "Steel Magnolias" The Story: 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 (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years"); 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 not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life.