STEEL MAGNOLIAS Cancellation

To quote Ouiser from STEEL MAGNOLIAS: “This is it. I have found it. I am in hell!”

It is with a heavy heart that we must cancel all future performances of STEEL MAGNOLIAS due to CDC recommendations.  We will continue to update you on future Temple Theatre programming as more information becomes available. As always, the safety and health of our patrons, staff, artists and volunteers are of the utmost importance.

Our Box Office Manager will contact all STEEL MAGNOLIAS ticketed patrons with options for their purchases. We thank you in advance for your patience as we handle each individuals requests. This emergency is having a huge effect on artists and arts organizations nation-wide and leaving them in jeopardy. If you have ever considered donating to Temple Theatre or any other arts organization, now is the time. Please consider donating your STEEL MAGNOLIAS tickets back to Temple Theatre. Please fill out this form if you need to return your ticket for a canceled or postponed event.

Ticketed attendees of our Season Reveal and Reverse Raffle, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 7:30PM, will receive a link to our live stream performance and raffle.  All prizes will be available for pickup in the following weeks at Temple Theatre 120 Carthage Street Sanford, NC 27330.  Please call 919.774.4512 x221.

Please visit our Facebook page: Temple Theatre Company and website: templeshows.com for our latest updates and activities as we navigate the uncertain times.

To quote STEEL MAGNOLIAS once again: “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”

The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, (“I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years”); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. (source: Dramatists Play Service)