IF YOU GO* What: “Steel Magnolias.”* When: 7:30 p.m. Monday-Jan. 30, with desserts served at 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Jan. 30; dinner at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 29 (dinner reservations due by Wednesday).* Where: Brock Hall, Bryan College, Dayton, Tenn.* Admission: $10 dessert shows, $18 dinner show; discounts for Bryan students, faculty and staff.* Phone: 423-775-7500 to reserve tickets; 423-775-7271 to pay by credit card (box office open noon-4:30 p.m. weekdays).
Poofy hair and enduring friendships will take center stage next week as Bryan College’s Hilltop Players present audience favorite “Steel Magnolias.”
The dessert-theater production will be offered in six performances Monday through Jan. 30 on the Dayton, Tenn., campus.
Set in a small-town beauty shop in Louisiana on the wedding day of one of its favorite patrons, “Steel Magnolias” explores the sense of community formed by a small group of patrons. Their get-togethers at the beauty shop let them catch up on men, marriage and the latest hairstyles.
Director Bernie Belisle said the production is “a great story” that gives the six central characters “the opportunity to grow and develop.”