{"id":27575,"date":"2012-03-01T21:58:08","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T01:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=27575"},"modified":"2012-03-01T21:58:08","modified_gmt":"2012-03-02T01:58:08","slug":"magnolia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/magnolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Rehearsals fine tune Magnolias characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/12mar\/magnoliath.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>Opening night, Thursday March 8<!--more--><br \/>\nAlready it\u2019s March, and the first full week brings with it the opening of Homegrown Productions\u2019 presentation of \u201cSteel Magnolias,\u201d a comedy-drama, that according to local director Tom Webb, may have the audience erupting in laughter or crying in alternate spurts.<br \/>\nThe play opens Thursday evening March 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Wilson Center, with continued runs at the same time and location Friday and Saturday and a Sunday matinee March 11 at 2 p.m. The schedule winds up the following weekend with presentations on Saturday March 17 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday March 18 at 2 p.m.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/12mar\/magnolia.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Tom Webb, director, and Susan Mahoney, producer, review script changes in preparation for opening night.<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cThe past five weeks have sped along,\u201d commented Webb in discussing the time and effort put forth by members of the cast. \u201cThe ladies have been committed, it seems, and as we approach opening, their efforts are reflected. I\u2019m very pleased and know the audiences will appreciate the results of their dedication.\u201d<br \/>\nThe story line of the play is fairly well known &#8211; a group of southern belles who deal with a countless complex relationships, situations and emotions. Various roles will be played by Susan DeRosa, Amanda Garner, Sandra Thomasson, Marci Balog, Beth Webb and Bev Gross. Susan DeRosa and Beth Webb are the originators of Homegrown Productions.<br \/>\nNo advance ticket sales will be available; however ticket reservations may be made by calling the Clinton County Arts Council Gallery, 224-2429 or Tom Webb at 224-8982. Reserved tickets may be called for at the door.<br \/>\nAdmission is $10.00 per person. All proceeds will be directed to the ongoing restoration of the auditorium at the Wilson Center.<br \/>\n\u201cSteel Magnolias\u201d is being presented though special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. of New York, NY. Homegrown Productions is an activity of Clinton County Arts Council.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opening night, Thursday March 8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}