Audition Dates
1 Dec 2002 – 1 Dec 2002
- Sun 1 December 2002
Details
- Playwright
- Robert Harling
- Director
- Bronwyn Pearson
AddressPrincess May Theatre, cnr Cantonment and Parry Street, Fremantle
Production date: Middle of March 2003
Characters:
Truvy Jones - owner of the beauty shop, 40ish
Annelle Dupuy-Desoto - beauty shop assistent, 19-22ish
Clairee Belcher - widow of former Mayor, grande-dame, 60ish
Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie - prettiest girl in town, 25ish
M'lynn Eatenton - Shelby's mother, socially prominent career woman - 45-50
Ouiser Boudreaux, wealthy curmudgeon, acerbic but lovable
Ability to do a good southern accent desirable.
Hilarious and touching, this play is set in a beauty parlour somewhere in Louisiana, Through four scenes spanning three years, Clairee, Ouiser, M'lynn and Shelby - Truvy's regular customers - and Annelle, her eager but inexperienced assistant, engage in small town gossip, running the gamut of the birth/marriage/death cycle. The play moves to tragedy when Shelby - a diabetic - dies following a kidney transplant operation, and the deep strength and purposefulness, underlying the antic banter of its characters is ultimately revealed.
Characters:
Truvy Jones - owner of the beauty shop, 40ish
Annelle Dupuy-Desoto - beauty shop assistent, 19-22ish
Clairee Belcher - widow of former Mayor, grande-dame, 60ish
Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie - prettiest girl in town, 25ish
M'lynn Eatenton - Shelby's mother, socially prominent career woman - 45-50
Ouiser Boudreaux, wealthy curmudgeon, acerbic but lovable
Ability to do a good southern accent desirable.
Hilarious and touching, this play is set in a beauty parlour somewhere in Louisiana, Through four scenes spanning three years, Clairee, Ouiser, M'lynn and Shelby - Truvy's regular customers - and Annelle, her eager but inexperienced assistant, engage in small town gossip, running the gamut of the birth/marriage/death cycle. The play moves to tragedy when Shelby - a diabetic - dies following a kidney transplant operation, and the deep strength and purposefulness, underlying the antic banter of its characters is ultimately revealed.
Contact
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