(WESTFIELD, NJ) -- Westfield Community Players presents Steel Magnolias across three weekends from May 3-17, 2025. In this popular comedy-drama by Robert Harling, the local ladies meet each week for appointments at the Louisiana beauty salon run by Truvy Jones.

This lively group of friends with varying personalities enjoy looking forward to an upcoming wedding, but a change in health soon takes a loved one away.  Friendships support and comfort as life moves on...

The cast includes Rachelle Mandik (Truvy Jones), Jessica Musolino (Annelle Dupuy-Desoto), Ann Minski (Clairee Belcher), Christie Storms (Shelby Eatenton-Latcherie), Jennifer Padley (M'Lynn Eatenton), and Cynthia Okamoto (Ouiser Boudreaux).

Performances take place May 3, 10, 16, 17 at 8:00pm; May 4, 11 at 2:00pm. Tickets are available for purchase online.  Westfield Community Players is located at 1000 North Avenue W in Westfield, New Jersey.

The production team includes director Linda Correll, producer Lois Stevens, and stage manager John Correll.

Steel Magnolias is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection.

Westfield Community Players (WCP), founded in 1934, has brought more than 300 comedies, dramas, musicals and mysteries to life on their stage. All productions are presented in their own 150 seat theater on the corner of Edgewood Avenue and North Avenue West in Westfield. With their productions, they continue to be part of the active cultural scene in Westfield and surrounding communities.

​WCP is committed to offering hands-on participation for those wishing to learn more about various aspects of live theatrical production and performance while providing a varied theater experience to a broad audience. They do that by actively seeking volunteers to keep their theater functioning, and by maintaining an open-casting policy where everyone can audition for all of their scheduled plays. The key to their success and longevity is the hard work and dedication of their numerous volunteer members.