Kathy Janicek submitted this press release.
Morrison Music Theater Association (MMTA) will present “Steel Magnolias” at the Morrison Institute of Technology auditorium, 701 Portland Avenue, Morrison, IL, the weekend of June 3-5, 2022. Performances will be at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, June 3, and Saturday, June 4, with a matinee at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 5. Area theater-goers are encouraged to mark their calendars now, so that they won’t miss this special event!
Purchase tickets now for $10 at Fitzgerald Pharmacy, 124 E. Main Street, Morrison, or Clinton Printing, 1402 Roosevelt Street, Clinton, IA. Tickets will be available at the door for $12. Students aged 11 and under will be admitted free of charge. There are no reserved seats.
“Steel Magnolias” began as a successful off-Broadway play, which was adapted into a blockbuster motion picture, starring Dolly Parton, Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts, Daryl Hannah, and Olympia Dukakis. The setting is a beauty parlor in a small Louisiana town, where these ladies share the town news and their joys and sorrows.
The production is under the direction of Joplin James Sell. Cast members include MMTA veterans Angie Lobdell as M’Lynne Eatenton; Nicole Pfieffer-Oberg as Truvy Jones; Bonnie Phend as Clariee Belcher; Sunny Porter as Ouiser Boudreaux. Joining them are two women making their MMTA debuts. Eliot Lobdell as Shelby and Emma Watts as Annelle-Dupuy-DeSoto are college students majoring in Theater Performance. Lobdell attends Morehead State University in Kentucky, and Watts is a student at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL.
Morrison Music Theater Association has provided the Rock River Valley area with quality theatrical and musical productions for more than half a century.
Shown at practice, left-to-right are (top) Bonnie Phend (Clairee), Nicole Pfieffer-Oberg (Truvy), and Eliot Lobdell (Shelby); (bottom) Angie Lobdell (M’Lynne) and Sunny Porter (Ouiser.)
