2019 MAIN STAGE AUDITIONS

Auditions for Red Magnolia Theatre Company’s production of Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias will be held on September 8-9th with callbacks September 10th.

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September 8, 2019

4:00-8:30 pm

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September 9, 2019

7:00-9:30 pm

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Callbacks 

September 10, 2019

7:00-9:30 pm

Location:

LSU Women’s Center

5 Union Square, Baton Rouge, LA

(On the corner of South Campus and Veterans Drive behind Barnes and Noble underneath the parking garage.)

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Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Rehearsals are slated to begin September 16th.

Performance dates are November 14-17 and 21-24, with performances at 7:30 pm and Sunday matinees at 2:00 pm 

Requests for show-related information may be directed to Steel Magnolias Director, Michele Johnson by email at mjohnson@redmagnoliatc.org. 

No advance copies of the scripts will be distributed for this production.

CASTING NEEDS:

Truvy Jones – mid-40s; any ethnicity; owner of the beauty parlor; friend and neighbor to her clientele. 

Annelle Dupuy-Desoto – early 20s; any ethnicity; Truvy’s assistant, new in town; naive, serious, full of apprehensions. 

Clairee Belcher – 60s to 70s; any ethnicity; widow of the former mayor of Chinquapin, Louisiana; very wealthy; socially prominent but unpretentious.

Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie – mid-20s to early 30s; any ethnicity; a lovely, independent, adventurous young woman

M’Lynn Eatenton – mid-40s to mid-50s; any ethnicity; Shelby’s mother; very protective of Shelby; she works as an administrator at the Mental Guidance Center.

Ouiser Boudreaux – 60s to 70s; any ethnicity; a true character; a very wealthy woman who doesn’t look or play the part; she’s an eccentric and a curmudgeon; speaks her mind at all costs.