Springs Community Theater to Perform ‘Steel Magnolias’

The Springs Community Theater will present four performances of the play “Steel Magnolias” at the Springs Presbyterian Church tomorrow and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Friday, Jan. 27, and Jan. 28, also at 7.

Robert Harling’s 1987 play is about the bond a group of women share in a small Southern town and how they cope with the death of one of their own. The story is based on the death of Mr. Harling’s sister, Susan Harling Robinson, from complications of Type 1 diabetes in 1985.

The steel magnolias of the title are six women — M’Lynn, Shelby, Clairee, Ouiser, Annelle, and Truvy — who gather regularly over a period of three years at Truvy’s beauty parlor to gossip about one another’s lives and those of their neighbors.

Barbara Mattson and Jayne Freedman, both residents of the hamlet, founded the Springs Community Theater in 2005. “Steel Magnolias” is the group’s eighth production. Tickets, which can be secured at ovationtix.com or by calling 516-658-5735, are $20, $15 for senior citizens and students.