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Robert Brock to Direct Steel Magnolias at LWC Robert Brock of the Kentucky Repertory Theatre at Horse Cave will direct Steel Magnolias which will be staged at 7:30pmCT nightly, November 18-20, 2010, at the Norma & Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship, 402 Helen Flatt DR, Columbia, KY Click on headline for story plus photo(s) By Duane Bonifer News from Lindsey Wilson College Columbia, KY - Part of the Lindsey Wilson College A.P. White Campus will be transformed into a Southern beauty parlor from Nov. 18-20 when the Lindsey Wilson Players perform the popular Steel Magnolias. Directed by Robert Brock of Kentucky Repertory Theatre at Horse Cave, Steel Magnolias - which is part of the 2010-11 Lindsey Wilson Cultural Affairs Series - will be performed at 7:30pmCT from November 18-20, 2010 at the Norma & Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship. Written by Robert Harling and first produced Off-Broadway in 1987, Steel Magnolias takes place at Truvy's beauty parlor and the women who regularly gather at the Northwest Louisiana establishment. The play -- which was turned into a critically successful 1989 film -- features the friendship between six women at the beauty parlor. Brock, who is directing his second play at Lindsey Wilson, said he selected this play because of its popular appeal and the characters' depth. "It has six really good roles," said Brock, who is artistic director of Kentucky Repertory Theatre at Horse Cave. "Also, I thought it might be a play that would involve the community because of its name recognition. As we move the college's theater program forward, we need to not just be a college theater but one that brings in people from around the area, and this seems like a really good play to do this with." Although many people are familiar with the film adaptation of Steel Magnolias, the play's themes of tolerance and diversity resonate much stronger. "When you do a movie from a play or book you've got to cut a lot of stuff, and I think some of the stuff they trimmed out of the story was some of the really beautiful stuff," said Brock, who has also directed the play at Kentucky Repertory Theatre at Horse Cave. "There is a tolerance of diversity in the story, and that is a big part of the message of this play." Steel Magnolias also resonates with audiences because of the relationships among the characters. "It's the camaraderie that also appeals to people," Brock said. "The beauty shop is a safe haven for these women -- it's a place where they can not just be themselves but where they can take care of each other. It's a place where whatever they have got or whatever is in their life with other people, it is accepted. It's a healing place. And I think (the students) are finding that, they are connecting to that aspect of the shop and what that means." One of the students with whom those themes have resonated is Sarah Cason of Crestwood, KY, who plays M'Lynn, mother to the character Shelby. "It's a very deep play so there's a lot of hardcore acting," said Cason, who is appearing in her fourth LWC play. "It's been stressful, but it's been a lot of fun because the play has a lot of good values." Steel Magnolias is the second Brock-directed play for Cason. "It's really awesome to be in a play directed by Robert," she said. "It's unreal to work with someone like him. He's opened us up to so many opportunities that we didn't realize existed as actors." "Steel Magnolias" at Hodge Center, LWC "Steel Magnolias" will be performed at 7:30 pmCT from November 18-20 at the Lindsey Wilson College Norma & Glen Hodge Center for Discipleship. Directed by Robert Brock, the play's cast is: Sarah Cason of Crestwood, KY (M'Lynn); Jessa Demere of Somerset, KY (Shelby); Ashley Graves of Lancaster, LU (Ouiser); Meagan Ray of White Mills, KY (Clairee); Danae Wesley of Bowling Green, KY (Annelle); Amelia Withers of Jamestown, KY. (Truvy). For ticket information: info@lindsey.edu or (270) 590-4803. This story was posted on 2010-11-09 11:48:29
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