Auditions: Sunday, January 18th & Monday, January 19th at 6:00 pm. Callbacks Wednesday, January 21st at 6:00 pm, 2026
Directors: Amanda Menard & Michaela Nerney
By Robert Harling
Truvy Jones runs a successful beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies in the neighborhood have a standing Saturday appointment. Along with her anxious and eager assistant, Annelle, Truvy styles the hair of many of the women about town: wealthy widow and former first lady of Chinquapin, Clairee Belcher, local curmudgeon Ouiser Boudreaux ("I'm not crazy, I've just been in a bad mood for forty years”), intelligent and compassionate career woman M’Lynn, and her daughter Shelby, the prettiest girl in town. Shelby’s engagement is the talk of the town, but the joy and excitement of her wedding quickly turn to concern as she faces a risky pregnancy and a myriad of health complications. Eventually, when Shelby dies from complications related to her diabetes, M’Lynn has to deal with the most difficult of life’s challenges: the loss of one’s only child. As the women of Chinquapin makes their ways over life’s many hurdles together, they find comfort (and a fair amount of verbal ribbing) in one another. “You have no idea how wonderful you are,” M’Lynn tells the ladies at the end of the play. Truvy responds, with a smile, “Of course we do.”
Auditions will be held at the Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre, located at 28 Monument Square in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on Sunday, January 18th & Monday, January 19th at 6 pm. Callbacks Wednesday, January 21st at 6 pm, 2026, if needed. Please register to audition no later than Friday, January 16th. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email.
Please bring an actor résumé and headshot to be submitted to the production team. All auditioning actors should prepare two one-minute monologues—one comedic and one dramatic—and be prepared to perform using a Southern accent. Actors ages 18+ are encouraged to audition.
Rehearsals: Tuesday/Thursday/Sunday evenings 6-9 pm beginning on February 3rd, 2026.
Tech Rehearsals: Sunday, April 12th –Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
Performance dates include:
Thursday, April 16, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 2:00 PM
Thursday, April 23, 2026 @ 7:30 PM
Attendance is required for all tech week dates and performance dates set forth.
Stadium Theatre & Conservatory is dedicated to celebrating and cultivating a culturally diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We acknowledge that this process is a journey and that our commitment is essential and ongoing. Actors of all abilities, ages, ethnicities, genders, races, and sexual orientations are welcome to audition for any role that they are interested in playing.
Please be advised in order to enter the Theatre during auditions all individuals over 18 must provide a license or ID. Individuals under 18 must provide a license, school ID or parent's license. For all individuals entering the building bags will be checked by security.
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