Steel Magnolias
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$48
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Steel Magnolias
A classic story of friendship, family–and hair.
Women are as delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel. This classic play tells the story of Truvy’s in-home beauty parlor and the women who frequent it. As the women confront their own unique challenges, they rely on their friendship to get them through some of the hardships of life: health, family, religion, and relationships.
“35 years later, it can still deliver all the laughs and tears woven into it.” – Calgary Herald
Who is this show for?
Recommended for 14+, contains mature language and themes.
How long is the show?
Run time is approximately 120 minutes.
Are there any special performances?
Pay-What-You-Can Preview - July 18
Talk Back Thursday - July 24, July 31
Relaxed Performance - July 27
How much are tickets?
Adults - $48
30 and Under - $40
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Cast
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Truvy Jones: Raquel Duffy
Raquel Duffy
For The Capitol: Debut
Select credits: Hamlet (Canadian Stage), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Mirvish/Neptune), Appropriate (Coal Mine-Best Production Dora), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Mirvish), Cinderella (Lighthouse Festival), Time and Tide (Foster Festival), The Father (Theatre Aquarius), Of Human Bondage (NYC Critic’s Pick), Spoon River (NYC Critic’s Pick), Angels in America, August Osage County, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, The Heidi Chronicles, (Soulpepper Theatre), (re)Birth: ee Cummings in song, Alligator Pie (Dora Award/Soulpepper Theatre/Pershing Square Signature Theatre 42nd Street NYC), Annie, A Christmas Carol, Gypsy (Neptune Theatre), Emily, Anne of Green Gables (Charlottetown Festival), Mary’s Wedding (Merritt Award, Eastern Front, Theatre, TV—Ginny & Georgia, Reacher, Most Dangerous Game 2.
Other: Love to Finn and Ruari, her most precious gifts.
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Annelle Dupuy-Desoto: Belinda Corpuz
Belinda Corpuz
For the Capitol: Debut
Selected Theatre Credits: Ladies of the Canyon (Soulpepper), Alligator Pie (Soulpepper) Dear Rita (Tweed & Co - 2024 BroadwayWorld Award - Best Supporting Performer in a Musical, Professional), Ms. Titaverse (Tita Collective), Ursa: A Folk Musical (Tweed & Co/Uncommon Folk Collective), As You Like It (Canadian Stage), Tita Jokes (Tita Collective), Kwento (Tita Collective/Theatre Direct), Lady Sunrise (Factory), Hilot Means Healer (Cahoots/bcurrent), Prairie Nurse (Factory/Thousand Islands Playhouse/CBC PlayMe Podcast); Selected Film/TV: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (CBS), Lola’s Wake (Canadian Film Centre), Jezebel (Reel Asian International Film Festival).
Other: Belinda’s EP, All I Am, has garnered national radio-play, including features on CBC Radio. Her voice has been featured on film soundtracks including Robert Eggers’ The Witch, and Netflix’s In the Tall Grass. She is a member of multi-award-winning group, Tita Collective. She was featured in ACTRA’s 2024 Asian Performer Showcase. Belinda is a graduate of the 2024 Soulpepper Academy and of the University of Toronto - Faculty of Music (Jazz Studies), BMus in Performance - Jazz Voice.
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Clairee Belcher: Carolyn Fe
Carolyn Fe
For the Capitol: Debut: Steel Magnolias as Clairee.
Selected Credits: Marina/Nana, Uncle Vanya (Crow’s Theatre, CAA Mirvish, Theatre Aquarius); Grandmother, Three Women of Swatow (Tarragon Theatre); Brenda, Aye Caesar (Cahoots, Summerworks); Flor, Hilot (Cahoots Theatre, b current); Lola, Through the Bamboo (Uwi Collective); Precy, Calpurnia (Nightwood Theatre, Sulong Theatre); Blueswoman, Life, Death and the Blues (Theatre Passe Muraille); Maid, Believe Your Eyes (Punchdrunk International UK, Centre Phi); Paulina, Death and the Maiden (Altera Vitae Productions, Montreal); Pissy, Marg Szkaluba, Pissy's Wife (Theatre Agile, Altera Vitae Productions, Montreal); Berthe, Hedda Gabler (Mainline Theatre, Montreal); Nanay, Conching, Angie, Miss Orient(ed) (Teesri Duniya Theatre, Montreal); Lola, Blue’s Clues & You! (Nickelodeon); Gabriella, Work It Out Wombats! (PBS Kids)
Other: Dora nominee, Toronto Critics’ Award for Best Supporting Actor, Emmy award for Blue’s Clues & You. Juno nominated Blues singer, lyricist & composer More info at linktr.ee/TheCarolynFe
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Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie: Charlotte Dennis
Charlotte Dennis
For Capitol Theatre: Debut
Selected Credits: Job (The Coal Mine Theatre), Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz (Blyth Festival Theatre), The Walk-up (Soulpepper Theatre/ Actor & Creator), An Experiment for Living a Life (Soulpepper Academy/ Actor & Creator), What Rough Beast (Centaur Theatre), Martyr (ARC), Dimples (Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin). Soulpepper Academy, 2023 Film/TV credits include: Murdoch Mysteries (S17), Forever Young (S3), Alex & Isla (MayDay Pictures). Voice Over: CBC PlayMe, The Tunnel Runners.
Other: Charlotte’s self-published zine, No One’s Lonely When There’s HBO, is available for purchase on instagram. She is the Creative Producer at The Vault Creation Lab in Toronto, www.thevaultcreationlab.ca
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M'Lynn Eatenton: Deborah Drakeford
Deborah Drakeford
For the Capitol: Christmastown (2024), Shirley Valentine (2023), Prairie Nurse (2023), I’ll Be Back Before Midnight (Blyth Festival tour, 1992!)
Selected Credits: A Kind of Alaska, The City, Bea, Moment, Pomona, Human Animals, Oil, Gloria, Martyr, Rockabye (ARC); Redbone Coonhound (Tarragon); The Penelopiad (Grand Theatre); Shirley Valentine (Thousand Islands Playhouse); Portia’s Julius Caesar (Shakespeare in the Ruff); Innocence Lost, A Christmas Carol (Soulpepper); Hedda Noir (Theatre Northwest); Same Time Next Year, Rabbit Hole, Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, 1939, Oliver! (Sudbury Theatre Centre). Deb is also a voice actor and narrated the audiobook for The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields.
Other: Deb was a member of ARC, a Toronto based indie theatre company, for 19 years, the last 4 of which she was the Co-Artistic Producer. She has also done film and tv, including appearing in HBO’s “Station Eleven”. Deb has been Dora nominated 10 times (individual and ensemble). She also holds a BEd and teaches for YPT, Soulpepper and for the TDSB.
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Ouiser: Brenda Robins
Brenda Robins
For the Capitol: The Dining Room
Selected Credits: From Alaska, The Children, Vanya, Sonia, Masha and Spike: Belfry Theatre, Hedda Gabler, Death and the Maiden:Vancouver Playhouse, Whose Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Citadel Theatre/RMTC/Grand Theatre/Segal Centre, A Delicate Balance, King Lear, Blithe Spirit: Soulpepper Theatre, The Lion in Winter, Private Lives: Grand Theatre
Other: Brenda co-wrote the script for the award winning Soulpepper Theatre production of “Parfumerie”. She has been acting for 45 years, appearing in theatre across Canada. She is the recipient of Dora, Sterling, Jessie and MECCA awards.
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Creative Team
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Director: Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster
Courtney Ch'ng Lancaster
For the Capitol: Debut
Selected Directing Credits: The Orphan of Chao (Shaw Festival), Hypothetical Baby (Howland/Nightwood), Three Women of Swatow (Tarragon), The Home Project, (Howland Company/Native Earth/Soulpepper), The Wolves (Howland/Crows’ Theatre), 52 Pick-Up (Howland), Everybody (York University) and Casimir and Caroline (Sheridan College).
Other: Courtney Ch’ng Lancaster is a founding member of the collective The Howland Company, and an assistant professor of theatre at York University. She is a former Assistant Artistic Director at Tarragon Theatre and was a resident artist with Soulpepper Theatre Company for 7 years. She has performed with the Shaw Festival, Soulpepper, Public Recordings, Canadian Stage, Citadel Theatre, Blue Bridge Repertory, Cahoots, Native Earth, Tarragon and beyond. Courtney is an alumna of the Loran Award and holds a BFA from UBC and an MBA (Social Enterprise) from MUN.
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Assistant Stage Manager: Kat Chin
Kat Chin
For the Capitol: Steel Magnolias; Rez Gas; Christmastown, ASM - Alice in Wonderland (w/Bad Hats)
Selected Credits: Wicked Nix, The Fixing Girl (YPT); Beyonsea and the Mothers (GLA); Aportia Cryptych (COC); Alice In Wonderland (Bad Hats); Sweeter (Cahoots); Acis & Galatea, Orpheus & Eurydice (Opera Atelier); Bittergirl: The Musical (TIP); Kelly v. Kelly, Dixon Road (Musical Stage); Queen Goneril and King Lear, August: Osage County (Soulpepper); I Am William (Stratford).
Other: Kat is a Toronto-based stage manager, who has worked across Canada, Off-Broadway, and at the Palace of Versailles in France. She has worked extensively with Opera Atelier (15+ productions), and Soulpepper Theatre (15+ productions), and was the stage manager for Kim’s Convenience for six years - from the 2011 Fringe Festival to NYC in 2017. She has been an active member of the CAEA SM Committee since 2013, and has taught at TMU and the SMArts Conference.
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Stage Manager: Kat Chin
Kat Chin
For the Capitol: Steel Magnolias; Rez Gas; Christmastown, ASM - Alice in Wonderland (w/Bad Hats)
Selected Credits: Wicked Nix, The Fixing Girl (YPT); Beyonsea and the Mothers (GLA); Aportia Cryptych (COC); Alice In Wonderland (Bad Hats); Sweeter (Cahoots); Acis & Galatea, Orpheus & Eurydice (Opera Atelier); Bittergirl: The Musical (TIP); Kelly v. Kelly, Dixon Road (Musical Stage); Queen Goneril and King Lear, August: Osage County (Soulpepper); I Am William (Stratford).
Other: Kat is a Toronto-based stage manager, who has worked across Canada, Off-Broadway, and at the Palace of Versailles in France. She has worked extensively with Opera Atelier (15+ productions), and Soulpepper Theatre (15+ productions), and was the stage manager for Kim’s Convenience for six years - from the 2011 Fringe Festival to NYC in 2017. She has been an active member of the CAEA SM Committee since 2013, and has taught at TMU and the SMArts Conference.
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Assistant Stage Manager: Tara Mohan
Tara Mohan
For the Capitol: The Full Monty (Assistant Stage Manager)
Selected Credits: Fifteen Dogs (Crow’s Theatre / Segal Centre for the Performing Arts / Mirvish Productions), Erased (Open Heart Surgery Theatre / Theatre Passe Muraille), YOU dance (The National Ballet of Canada), Late Company (Green Light Arts), The Chemical Valley Project (Broadleaf Creative), Universal Child Care (Quote Unquote Collective / Canadian Stage), Toronto Festival (Just For Laughs), Outheis (Talk Is Free Theatre), Loss (The Theatre Centre / Luminato), inTO focus (dance: made in canada/fait au canada), Here Are The Fragments (On ECT Collective / The Theatre Centre), The Seat Next To The King (Minmar Gaslight Productions / Green Light Arts), Now You See Her (Quote Unquote Collective).
Other: Tara Mohan is a Stage Manager who enjoys working on theatre, dance, musicals, and everything in between. She is pleased to be returning to the Capitol Theatre!
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Sound Designer: Maddie Bautista
Maddie Bautista
For the Capitol: Debut
Selected Credits: Table for Two, Wildwoman (Soulpepper) CRAZE, Interior Design (Tarragon); Get That Hope, Les Belles-Soeurs, I Am William (Stratford Festival); King James (Alberta Theatre Projects & Theatre Aquarius), Pride and Prejudice, Kim’s Convenience (The Grand Theatre), and Love You Wrong Time (Bad Muse Collective & Nightwood - 2 Dora Mavor Moore Awards)
Other: Graduate of Humber College's Theatre program. Much love to John -- everything is within reach with you. @xLqpopart, www.maddiebautista.com
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Set Designer: Jackie Chau
Jackie Chau
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Costume Designer: Laura Gardner
Laura Gardner
For the Capitol: Associate Set Designer: Full Monty; Head of Wardrobe: A Year with Frog and Toad.
Selected Credits: Set and Costume Designer: Chicago, A Christmas Carol, Peter and the Star Catcher (Globe Theatre); Sunday in the Park with George (Talk Is Free Theatre); Lady Windermere’s Fan, Mad About Munsch, An Ideal Husband (George Brown College); Les Zinspirées 3D (Théâtre Français de Toronto); Parade (Theatre Sheridan); Cunning Little Vixen (Glenn Gould School). Set Designer: The Last Wife (Globe Theatre); The River, Miracle on 34th Street (Magnus Theatre); La Cecchina, Alcina (Glenn Gould School); Cake Walk, Kitchen Radio (Blyth Festival); Jesus Christ Superstar (Hart House Theatre). Costume Designer: Costume Snow White, Emily’s Piano (Young People’s Theatre); Chess (Theatre Sheridan); New Jerusalem (Harold Green Jewish Theatre).
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Lighting Designer: Michelle Ramsay
Michelle Ramsay
For the Capitol: Rapunzel; Bed & Breakfast, 9 to 5: The Musical, Little Shop of Horrors.
Selected Credits: Trident Moon (Crow’s Theatre/NAC); Snow in Midsummer and The Doctors Dilemma (Shaw Festival); Come Home: The Legend of Daddy Hall (Tarragon Theatre); Million Dollar Quartet (Grand Theatre - London); Women of the Fur Trade (Stratford Festival); Prison Dancer (Citadel Theatre/National Arts Centre); Beautiful (Arts Club); Redbone Coonhound (Tarragon Theatre/Imago Theatre); Martyr (ARC); The First Stone (New Harlem); The Tempest (Theatre Rusticle).
Other: Michelle has received eight Dora Awards, a SATAward, the 2008 Pauline McGibbon Award, and was a finalist for the 2021 Siminovitch Prize. She is the Chair of the Board for Associated Designers of Canada.
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