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FSC theater troupe performs 
"Steel Magnolias"

LAKELAND, Fla. (March 24, 2004) - Florida Southern's theater department performs "Steel Magnolias" in the Loca Lee Buckner Theater on campus. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. April 8-10 and April 15-17; matinees start at 2:30 p.m. April 11 and 18. Paul Bawek, theatre arts department professor, directs the play. 

The 1987 Off-Broadway hit by Robert Harling is a touching story of close-knit Southern women in a small-town beauty salon. These women are the steel magnolias of the title: soft Southern belles on the outside but strong on the inside - a quality they will need through the course of the story. 

Tickets are $15. FSC students are admitted free. Non-FSC students pay half price. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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