Directed by the multi-award winning Kathryn DeLory, Erin Theatre presents Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling from March 20 to 29.
All proceeds from the March 26 performance will be donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) to help raise awareness and funds towards finding a cure for type 1 diabetes (T1D) – the most severe form of diabetes – and its complications.
Following that performance, all audience members are welcome to attend a special, complimentary reception with Avery Morris of JDRF, as well as the cast and crew of Erin Theatre.
In the southern comfort of Truvy’s Beauty Salon in Chinquapin Parish, six very different women gather to indulge in bizarre neighbourhood gossip, feisty verbal collisions, startling revelations, hilarious repartee and, of course, the most outrageous big hair of the 1980s.
While these “Steel Magnolias” demonstrate grace, determination, strength and genuine laugh-out-loud humour in the face of adversity, the play also highlights the potentially devastating complications of type 1 diabetes.
JDRF and the Erin Theatre join forces to create a unique educational opportunity about the realities and misconceptions surrounding T1D, all while supporting JDRF’s efforts to fund research to cure, better treat, and prevent type 1 diabetes.
