Steel Magnolias (3/26-4/26, Lone Tree) – Pay $3.5-$4k

The Lone Tree Arts Center’s production of Steel Magnolias in Lone Tree, Colorado!

Both local and non-local talent are encouraged to submit an audition!

AEA audition sign ups will open on Monday, August 4th.
Non-AEA audition sign ups will open on Monday, August 11th.

If you are local, please sign up for an in-person audition.
If you are not local, please plan to submit a video audition.

The Lone Tree Arts Center’s Artistic Director is Leigh Chandler.

LORT D Contract
Weekly Rate:
$800.00 for Principals
$700.00 for Understudies

Director: Marisa Hébert
Artistic Director: Leigh Chandler
Casting Director: Sylvia Gregory, CSA
All above creative team members will be present at auditions and viewing audition videos.

In Person Initial Auditions: Monday August 25th
In Person Callbacks: Monday September 8th
Video general auditions are due by Friday August 22nd.
Video callbacks are due by Friday, September 5th.

5-Weeks Total
First Rehearsal – 3/17/26
Tech Starts – 4/2/26
Invited Rehearsals – 4/8/26
Opening – 4/9/26
Closing – 4/19/26

General Audition Requirements:

Actors should prepare two (2) contrasting contemporary monologues no longer than 1 minute each, at least one of which shows a Southern, Louisiana-based dialect. One monologue should show dramatic range, and one should show comedic skills.

For in-person and video auditions:

In person auditions are by appointment only, sign up here:
https://www.lonetreeartscenter.org/steelmagnoliasauditions

Upload Headshots and Resumes here: https://www.lonetreeartscenter.org/steelmagnoliasauditions

The Lone Tree Arts Center is committed to diversity and maintains a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, we encourage performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, body types and sizes, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to audition for appropriate roles.

The Lone Tree Arts Center creates a safe and equitable workplace through policies defined by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Actors’ Equity Association, and the City of Lone Tree. These policies provide a comprehensive framework for health and safety of all actors, stage managers, creative staff, and designers employed by The Lone Tree Arts Center.

Information and Character Breakdown
All characters may be any ethnicity.
All characters have Southern dialects.

TRUVY JONES – female-presenting, 35-55 years old. Owner of the beauty shop. Feisty, wisecracking, and outspoken, she offers hairspray with a hefty dose of advice. (Ability to style hair a plus.)
ANNELLE DUPUY-DESOTO – female-presenting, 18-25 years old. Beauty shop assistant. Unsure and timid at the beginning of the play but becomes religious and outspoken. (Ability to style hair is a plus.)
CLAIREE BELCHER – female-presenting, 60-70 years old. Widow of former mayor. A Grande Dame who is elegant, sophisticated, intelligent, and witty.
SHELBY EATENTON-LATCHERIE – female-presenting, 19-28 years old. Prettiest girl in town. A strong-willed and passionate, she loves her mother and the other women but has a stubborn streak.
M’LYNN EATENTON – female-presenting, 40-60 years old. Shelby’s mother, a socially prominent career woman who is practical, intelligent, and loving. Passionate and stubborn about her daughter.
OUISER (pronounced “Weezer”) BOUDREAUX – female-presenting, 55-70 years old. A wealthy curmudgeon, acerbic but loveable – Southern to the core.

CASTING NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: The women in this play are witty, intelligent, and above all, real characters. They in no way, shape or form are meant to be portrayed as cartoons or caricatures.