[NEohioPAL]"STEEL MAGNOLIAS" AT ESTA IN ELYRIA

[Kristen Jones]

Definition:  Southern Belles, flowery on the outside, but strong enough to 
survive any challenge...at Truvy's Beauty Salon, personal tragedies never 
interfere with the ability to do good hair...


Elyria Summer Theatre Association continues its 30th Anniversary Season 
with its production of Robert Harling's comedy/drama, "Steel Magnolias," to 
be performed August 15, 16, 17, and 18 in the Elyria High School Auditorium 
at West Ave and 6th Street in Elyria.  Thursday, Friday and Saturday 
performances begin at 8:00 p.m. and the Sunday matinee begins at 2:00 p.m. 
The production is directed by John Hnat.

General Admission tickets are $9.00/adults or $7 srs./students.  There is 
very limited seating for this production and it is strongly recommended 
that you reserve tickets in advance by calling 440-284-8395.

The close-knit women at Truvy's Beauty Salon, the unofficial hub of 
Chinquapin, Louisiana, have lots of time to gossip.  Consequently, visitors 
to the salon get more than a wash and cut.  The wise-cracking Truvy, with 
the help of her new glamour technician Annelle, dispenses shampoo with 
liberal doses of free advice and gossip to the town's curmudgeon, Ouiser; 
an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, and the local town social worker, 
M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby, is on the verge of marriage.  Alternately 
hilarious and touching, the play focuses on the camaraderie of these six 
Southern women who talk, gab, gossip, chitchat, needle and harangue each 
other through the best of times - - and cry, caress, comfort and repair one 
another through the worst.

Elyria Summer Theatre Association is an award-winning member of the Ohio 
Community Theatre Association, and celebrates its 30th Anniversary season 
of bringing quality theatrical entertainment to residents of Lorain County 
and beyond.

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