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Honey. It’s the 1980s. In Louisiana. At Truvy’s beauty shop — motto: “There is no such thing as natural beauty” — the women are all sass and brass. Through clouds of hairspray and over the buzz of blow dryers, six southern spitfires gather each week to gossip and support each other through thick and thin. But those bonds are about to be tested when M’Lynn and her daughter Shelby face a life-changing event. Infused with heart and humor, Steel Magnolias is a hilarious story of love, loss, and enduring friendship.
(u/s M'Lynn, Truvy, and Musician) is a proud member of both the Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA unions. She holds a BA (Communications and Political Science) and Post Baccalaureate work (Education) from John Carroll University; MFA in Acting, Kent State University and is a certified teacher of the Michael more
(Clairee) last appeared at CPH in Man of the Moment and Born Yesterday. New York stage credits include both Broadway revivals of Born Yesterday. Off-Broadway: Leave Me Green, Take Me Back, Ten Chimneys, Five Genocides, Deathbed, Fugue, Psycho Beach Party and Bitch! (which she also wrote). Regional appearances more
(Annelle) recently graduated from Brown/Trinity Rep’s MFA Program. A few credits include: Pericles (Bawd, Brown/Trinity Rep), Lungs (Woman, Brown/Trinity Rep), Stone Cold Dead Serious (Linda/Snake Lady, Brown/Trinity Rep), A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Dilber/Sister, Trinity Repertory Company), Bus Stop (Grace, Brown/Trinity Rep), Much Ado About Nothing (Hero, Brown/Trinity Rep) and more
(Singer/Musician ) is thrilled to make her Cleveland Play House debut. Emily has worked regionally at Steppenwolf Garage, Northlight Theatre, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville and American Repertory Theatre. Additional Chicago credits: All Our Tragic and The Gilbert and Sullivan Repertory, (The Hypocrites), The Casuals (Jackalope Theatre) and Frederick ( more
(u/s Shelby and Annelle ) was most recently seen on Cleveland Play House's stage in Luna Gale as Karlie Quinn. Other CPH credits include: The Little Foxes, The Crucible and an understudy for A Christmas Story. She is proud to be a recent graduate of the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting more
(Singer/Musician ) This is Maggie's CPH debut! Recent work includes Duncan Sheik and Nell Benjamin's new musical Because Of Winn-Dixie at Delaware Theatre Co. and John Doyle's re-imagined Allegro at Classic Stage Company. She performed in the 1st National Tour of Avenue Q, as well as the current more
(Shelby ) worked on Broadway last spring standing by for Anna Chlumsky in Living On Love with Renée Fleming. She originated the role of Rebecca in the New York premiere of Dean Poyner’s Together We Are Making a Poem in Honor of Life. Regionally, she appeared in Vanya & more
(M'Lynn) is excited to be back at Cleveland Play House where she was last seen in The Game’s Afoot! Her credits include, on Broadway: The Big Knife, Coast of Utopia, Exit The King and Rabbit Hole. Off-Broadway: Electra In a One-Piece, Misalliance, The Cocktail Party, The Glory of more
(Truvy ) Broadway: The Rose Tattoo, Off Broadway: Much Ado About Nothing, Othello and A Comedy of Errors at Theatre for a New Audience, T.A.C.T. London: A Chaste Maid in Cheapside at Shakespeare's Globe opposite Mark Rylance. Regional: Dirty Blonde (Cleveland Play House), Moon Over Buffalo (Gulfshore Playhouse), All more
(Ouiser ) is a seasoned Broadway performer appearing in Jane Eyre, Beauty and the Beast, Copperfield, Me and My Girl, My Favorite Year and A Change in the Heir. She has toured nationally in numerous shows including Fiddler on the Roof. She played Eugeria Bremer on AMC’s award-winning series more
(u/s Clairee and Ouiser) is a professional actress and Professor Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University, where she was a master teacher in the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program. She has performed throughout the country and does film and commercial work. She is a founding member of Great Lakes Michael more
(Costume Designer ) is pleased to return to Cleveland Play House where she previously designed Steel Magnolias, Rich Girl, Fairfield, and Well. On Broadway she designed Falsettos and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. National/International Tours include Falsettos, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Lion (West End/ US more
(Stage Manager) stage managed Cleveland Play House productions of The Good Peaches, Luna Gale, Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors, Fairfield, Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life, Informed Consent, Breath and Imagination, A Christmas Story, Woody Sez, Rich Girl, The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, more
(Playwright ) made his directorial debut with The Evening Star for Paramount, which he also wrote for the screen based on Larry McMurty’s novel. The Evening Star reunited Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson and co-stars Juliette Lewis, Bill Paxton, Scott Wolf, Miranda Richardson, and Marion Ross. The Evening Star more
(Assistant Stage Manager ) serves as an Assistant Professor for the School of Theatre and Dance at Kent State University, where he teaches courses in Stage Management, Production Management, Theatre Management, and an intro course to computing software for the theatre practitioner. Tom has been a part of more
(Dialect Coach ) is the head of Voice and Speech for Brown University/Trinity Repertory Company's Master of Fine Arts in Acting and Directing and has coached voice, dialects, and text extensively in theatre, film, and television. Theatres where he has coached include: The Public Theater, Shakespeare in the more
(Director ) (she/her) became Artistic Director of Cleveland Play House in 2013, and has directed numerous CPH mainstage productions, including The Crucible; Sweat; The Diary of Anne Frank; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; Into the Breeches!; Every Brilliant Thing; and the world premieres of Tiny Houses, more
(Lighting Designer ) is a New York City based lighting designer. Her Broadway credits include Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed starring Lupita Nyong’o, and John Leguizamo’s Ghetto Klown, also filmed for HBO. Jen’s Opera credits include Les Pêcheurs de Perles and Die Fledermaus at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC; and La more
(Sound Designer ) for Cleveland Play House: Sweat; The Royale; Shakespeare in Love (original music); All the Way; Steel Magnolias; The Crucible; The Little Foxes; Grounded; A Carol for Cleveland; and In the Next Room, or the vibrator play. Her credits include Engagement Party (Hartford Stage), Actually (MTC), Annie more
(Scenic Designer ) CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE: Steel Magnolias, Radio Golf, Raisin in the Sun, Dream a Little Dream, Dinner Party, Dirty Blond, Guardsman, Emancipation of Valet de Chambre, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Russian Romance, Dracula, Diary of Ann Frank, Oleanna, African Company Presents Richard III. REGIONAL more
(Wig Design ) owned and operated by Mary Schilling-Martin and Caitie Martin; provides wig, hair and specialty makeup services to performing arts organizations and educational institutions around the country. Their motto is: “To hair is human, to wig divine.” Local credits include Cleveland Play House, Great Lakes Theater, Dobama more
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1407 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44115
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1901 E. 13th Street, Suite 200 Cleveland, OH 44114 (216) 400-7000
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