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STEEL MAGNOLIAS
INNOVAtheatre
May 29-31
Dayton Polish Club

Cast: Rachel Brown as Truvy, Isadore Karrick as Shelby, Denise Schnieders as Annelle, Faith Whitt as Clairee & Kerry Simpson as Ouiser

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.

• Fri, May 29 at 8pm
• Sat, May 30 at 2pm & 8pm
• Sun, May 31 at 3pm

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FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF
INNOVAtheatre
Feb. 20-22
Edward A. Dixon Gallery [Dayton]

​A groundbreaking work of American theatre, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf is a “choreopoem” that weaves together poetry, dance, and music into a singular, transformative experience. Through the voices of seven women—each represented by a color of the rainbow—the play explores the complexities of Black womanhood in a world that often ignores their pain and their joy.

​From the vibrant streets of Harlem to the quiet corners of the soul, these women share stories of love, abandonment, resilience, and reclamation. They navigate “dark phases as their only reality,” only to emerge with a fierce, collective strength. It is a raw, unflinching, and ultimately celebratory journey that moves from the depths of a “metaphysical dilemma” to the heights of self-discovery: finding God in oneself and loving her fiercely.

• Fri, Feb. 20 at 8pm
• Sat, Feb. 21 at 3pm & 8pm
• Sun, Feb. 22 at 3pm

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