HART is a volunteer based company. There is no pay for this production.

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Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling
Directed by: April Aasheim
Rehearsals begin: 3/16/26, Performances 5/2/26 - 5/17/26

DETAILS:
When: Saturday, January 17, 2026 - 12-4p
Location: HART Theater - 185 SE Washington St. Hillsboro, OR 97123
When: Sunday, January 18, 2026 - 12-4p.
Location: The Downtown HIVE - 233 SE Washington St. Hillsboro, OR 97123
Callbacks: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 6-8p @ HART - 185 SE Washington St. Hillsboro, OR 97123
*Both locations are within 2 blocks from MAX Stop. 

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Sign up for an audition at this link: https://forms.gle/itNiuJwwSy2vSBr67

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AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
Auditions will be round robin style reading sides.  Sides will be emailed starting no later than January 2, 2026 to ONLY those signed up to audition. 

Audition Info: We will audition these characters by sending out sides from the text to prepare.  The sides do not need to be memorized, but should be prepared.  Please keep the text in your hands while you audition. Headshots are welcome but not required. Any questions can be directed to April at april.aasheim@hart-theatre.org.  

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Characters:

TRUVY JONES

• Age: 35–45 (flexible)

• Type: Warm, bubbly, small-town glamour girl

• Description: Owner of the home-based beauty shop where the play is set. Loves hairspray, gossip, and making people feel good. Fast-talking, cheerful, deeply caring beneath the chatter. A natural ringleader and hostess; the salon is her kingdom.

ANNELLE DUPUY-DESOTO

• Age: Early 20s (can skew a bit older if needed)

• Type: Shy, awkward, then increasingly confident and devout

• Description: Truvy’s new assistant, nervous and mysterious at first with a troubled past. Over the play she transforms—from timid and unsure, to wild party girl, to intensely religious young woman. Big arc; lots of room for growth and comedy with heart.

CLAIREE BELCHER

• Age: 50s–70s

• Type: Elegant, witty, wealthy Southern grande dame

• Description: Widow of the former mayor and longtime town “first lady.” Polished, proper, and sharp-tongued in a playful way. Loves sports, sweets, and a good one-liner. Uses humor and sophistication to mask loneliness and grief.

SHELBY EATENTON-LATCHERIE

• Age: 20s

• Type: Charming, optimistic “prettiest girl in town”

• Description: M’Lynn’s daughter; a young nurse, excited about marriage and motherhood. Warm, impulsive, and stubbornly independent. Lives with Type 1 diabetes but refuses to let it define her. Her choices drive much of the emotional arc of the play.

M’LYNN EATENTON

• Age: 40s–50s

• Type: Caring, tightly wound, intelligent mother

• Description: Shelby’s mother, a mental health professional and the emotional backbone of the group. Practical, controlled, often anxious, especially about Shelby’s health. Her love runs deep; she has one of the most powerful emotional journeys and monologues in the play.

OUISER BOUDREAUX

• Age: 50s–70s

• Type: Lovable curmudgeon, tough as nails

• Description: Wealthy, eccentric, perpetually “in a bad mood.” Blunt, sarcastic, and prickly, but with a big, bruised heart under the bark. Has a complicated friendship with the others and a long-running feud/fondness with her neighbors and ex-flame.

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Synopsis: 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.

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HART Theatre is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion in our casting process. We believe in providing equal opportunities for actors of all backgrounds and experiences. We welcome both new and returning actors to audition for our productions.