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STAFF PHOTOS BY SUSAN USHER
SHELBY (Sally Schutte), a diabetic, rejects an offer of juice after a fainting spell in the beauty shop.
Coming to her aid are (from left) are Truvy (Gwyn Chappell), M'Lynn (Sara Butterfield) and Clairee
(Katie Harris).
SHOW OPENS FRIDAY AT WEST HIGH
'Steel Magnolias' Lovingly Portrays
Life Within A Small, Southern Town
HY SUSAN USHER
Shcrrill Jolly laughs as she teases
and picks a blonde wig into a bouf
fant hairdo that should suit its wear
er to a T.
At one side of the stage Sally
Schutte, ringlets falling in a froth
around her shoulders, holds court in
a platform rocker that will eventual
ly be replaced with a beauty shop
chair.
On a droopy sofa just sitting in
for the dryers, Sara Buttcrfield wor
ries that her face doesn't look old
enough and casts dubious eyes on a
shawl intended to round out her cos
tume.
"Remember, we're going to age
you," Jolly reassures her.
When Danette Hillard lets her
long blonde tresses fall across her
shoulders, the others rush to tell her
to pull back her hair so the tacky T
shirt under her dress shows up bet
ter.
It's Monday evening and in, count
them, four days. Jolly and a cast of
six West Brunswick High School
drama students will be warming
hearts with the school drama depart
ment's spring show, "Steel Magno
lias."
They'll be ready, but in the mean
time there's lots to be done: lines to
be polished, sets to be painted, props
to be rounded up and serious deci
sions to be made, such as whether
popcorn will be available during in
termission.
But back to the show. First pre
sented in 1987, "Steel Magnolias"
was written by Robert Harling. It
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March 26 and 27, at 8 p.m. in the
multipurpose room at West
Brunswick High School on N.C.
130 West of Shallottc.
Refreshments will be offered
for sale during a 10-minute inter
mission in the two-hour, two-act
play.
Admission is $2 for students
and $3 for all others. Seating is
limited.
was later made into a movie for
which Julie Roberts won an
Academy Award.
Set entirely in a beauty shop (un
like the movie), the play lovingly in
troduces the audience to life in
Chinquapin, La., a small. Southern
town where everybody knows
everyone else's business, through
good limes and bad.
The tone is set when Clairec ex
plains to Anncllc, a newcomer to
town, "We like being nice to each
other. There's not much else to do in
this town."
"Steel Magnolias" focuses on the
interaction of six women all forced
by circumstances to re-examine and
redefine their roles. Almost every
scene revolves in some way around
Shelby, a debutante and diabetic
played by Sally Schutte.
As the play opens, Shelby (and
everyone else in town) is preparing
for her marriage to a young lawyer.
As the action of the play spans the
next two years, the women in the
beauty shop follow the progress of
her pregnancy and then her illness.
Shelby is still the center of attention
in the final scene, which follows her
death.
Ms. Jolly thinks "Steel Magno
lias" was a good choice for the dra
ma department's spring show. After
previous productions involving any
where from eight (The Odd Couple)
to 30-plus (Bye, Bye Birdie) cast
members, she was looking forward
to doing a small, intimate play.
"It makes it easier to learn acting
techniques and its easier to cast and
produce," she said.
In addition to Sally Schutte, the
all-girl cast includes Gwyn Chappcll
as Truvy, a hair salon owner who's
never lost a customer to a competing
shop, and Danette Hillard as her
new assistant, Annelle, who has
troubles of her own. Sara Buttcrfield
plays M'Lynn, who must balance
her urge to protect her daughter with
Shelby's need for independence.
Katie Harris is Clairec, former
cheerleader and former "first lady"
of Chinquapin who suddenly finds
herself a widow and "third wheel."
Minde Vincc plays Ouiscr, slightly
eccentric neighbor of Shelby and her
mother.
"I think most people can find
someone in the show to relate to,"
said Jolly. "I think it's something the
community could enjoy."
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