Steel Magnolias

Summer Production 2023

13th - 17th June

An Nuadha Players performed Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling, directed by Tom Brady-Connor, in Maynooth Community College from the 13th - 17th June 2023.

Truvy Jones runs a successful beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies in the neighbourhood have a standing Saturday appointment. Along with her anxious and eager assistant, Annelle, Truvy styles the hair of many of the women about town: wealthy widow and former first lady of Chinquapin, Clairee Belcher, local curmudgeon Ouiser Boudreaux, intelligent and compassionate career woman M’Lynn, and her daughter Shelby, the prettiest girl in town. Shelby’s engagement is the talk of the town, but the joy and excitement of her wedding quickly turn to concern as she faces a risky pregnancy and a myriad of health complications.

Congratulations to our amazing cast, crew & fantastic director, Tom, on an absolutely incredible run of Steel Magnolias!!

The reviews and support have been unbelievable and very much appreciated. Thank you to everyone who came down to see the play, to the individuals and businesses who donated raffle prizes, to everyone who gave their time to help get the show to the stage, and to Lukasz Betkowski for the wonderful photos.

Check out the photos in our gallery.

The Cast of Steel Magnolias

Laura Brady-Keevans

Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie

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Laura’s last outing with An Nuadha Players was at the Fringe Festival with Blue Wine in 2016. Over the years she has starred in numerous productions with Insight Theatre, Lucan Drama, Salmon Eile, Wholly Idle, and Donabate Portrane Dramatic Society.Her credits include The Plough and the Stars, Pygmalion, On the Outside, Holy Mary, The Risen People, Stags and Hens, and The Crucible. Laura is reprising her role as Shelby in Steel Magnolias having previously performed the play with Donabate Portrane Dramatic Society in 2018. This is the first time she has reprised a role and she is really looking forward to playing Shelby again. Laura would like to dedicate her performance each night to her eight month old son who was born late last year.
Katja Nolan

M'Lynn Eatenton

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Katja is our newest cast member to An Nuadha Players but is not new to the stage. Katja studied performance in college and was involved in many productions including The Crucible and The Glass House, having worked with Arclight Company in Our Town and The Wizard of Oz in more recent years. She is delighted to make her return to the stage as M’Lynn with such a super cast.
Amy Douglas

Truvy Jones

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Amy joined An Nuadha Players in 2003 as a young teenager excited to be a part of a pantomime ensemble. Since then she’s been involved in many pantomimes with An Nuadha Players, including Jack and the Beanstalk, The Snow Queen, Robin Hood, Beauty and the Beast and, most recently, Snow White. She has dipped her toe into acting (and loved it!) in other productions with An Nuadha Players, namely Cecily and The Importance of Being Earnest, and she is looking forward to taking to the stage in the role of Truvy for this production of Steel Magnolias.
Netanya Curtis-Douglas

Annelle Dupuy-Desoto

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Netanya began her time with An Nuadha Players off stage as a lighting tech for Cinderella, The Snow Queen, Little Red Riding Hood and more before moving on stage in their production of Robin Hood as Globule. Her acting credits include A Midsummers Nights Dream (Kildare Youth Theatre), Totally Over You (Kildare Youth Theatre), No Exit (DBS Drama Soc), Godspell (Maynooth Musical Society), Robin Hood (An Nuadha Players), Jack and the Beanstalk (An Nuadha Players), and A Tale of the Expected (Down at Heel Productions). Netanya is excited to be back on stage with An Nuadha Players.
 
Roberta Hines

Ouiser Boudreaux

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Roberta has had a love of performing arts her entire life. She was bitten by the theatre bug at the young age of 11 when she performed as Grumpy in her home town's summer pageant Sleeping Beauty. From there she studied theatre in second and third level and graduated with a minor in theatrical arts from St. Mary's College. Roberta has performed and worked on productions with An Nuadha Players since its inception in 1999/2000 and has taken part in yearly pantomimes and past plays. When not performing she can be found making costumes, helping out with set build, and general committee work. She is delighted to play the role of Ouiser Boudreaux in An Nuadha Players' 2023 production of Steel Magnolias.
Patricia O'Malley

Clairee Belcher

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Tricia joined An Nuadha Players in 2010 for the Christmas Panto, Aladdin. Since then she’s starred in many pantos and plays with An Nuadha Players and Down at Heel Productions. Her credits include Sinbad, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Robin Hood, Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale, Snow White, The Case of the Count formerly known as Dracula, Same Old Moon, Echoes From A Room, A Tale of the Expected, and the podcast of Fractured: A Family A Nation A Dream, recorded during Covid. A committee member and treasurer of past, she is looking forward to her role as Clairee in Steel Magnolias.
 

Directed by

Tom Brady-Connor
 

 Tom joined An Nuadha Players in 2013 as Prince Charming in Cinderella. Since then he’s starred in many productions with An Nuadha Players as well as Insight Theatre Celbridge and Hy-Breasal Theatre. His credits include, The Snow Queen, The Hostage, Robin Hood, Twisted! A Wicked Fairytale, Beauty and the Beast, The Crucible, Brontë, Backwater and Rentals.

A committee member of past and present he loves all things theatre and is now putting his hand to directing with Steel Magnolias.

 

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