FOLEY, Ala. — It’s a busy day at Truvy’s home-based beauty salon. Shelby Eatenton is going to be married to Jackson Latcherie. Daughter of Drum and M’Lynn Eatenton, her “pink on pink” color scheme is going to make the church look like a Pepto-Bismol bottle.

At least that’s what one of the women at Truvy’s thinks. But, Shelby says pink is her “signature color.”

If this is starting to sound like the beginning of “Steel Magnolias” you are right. The story of the troubles and joys of six different Louisiana women is going to be told Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m., and Jan. 30 at 2 p.m., at the Foley Civic Center by the Foley Star Players, a new theater group.

Tickets are $10, reserved in advance by calling 251-970-2203 or e-mailing foleystarplayers@gmail.com. Tickets will be $12 at the door.

“We’re so brand new, we’re shiny,” laughs Donna Soto of Foley. Soto plays Louisa “Ouiser” Boudreaux in the production. Soto says the irascible character is, “not playing against type. I even have a bad dog.”

“This is all of us coming together as a community,” said Lacy Dalaino of Lillian, the show’s director. She added that a member of one of the city’s development committees had expressed a hope that a theater company could be established in Foley, and the members of the FSP were happy to oblige.

“This is to have something between Gulf Shores and Fairhope,” explained Dalaino. “We are not trying to compete, we want to work with them.”

“The more the merrier,” quipped Soto.

The cast of “Steel Magnolias” is all female, but future productions will have a coed cast.

“We called every actress we knew,” said Soto. “They all said they would love to have a part in this.”

Auditions, Dalaino said, were a little different from the traditional gut-wrenching experience most are.

“We had yummy food and Champagne. In the future we will have open auditions.”

The company’s next production is “Dearly Departed,” a comedy about a Southern family burying its patriarch.

Dalaino ran a theater company in Michigan, and came to the area to be closer to her mother.

“I enjoy community theater. It’s is by far the most special. It touches a lot of people.”

She now teaches at the Starlight School of the Arts in Orange Beach.

Soto promises that FSP productions will not be heavy, but will tend to produce comedies and things that will be fun for the public.

Mandy Batts, Dalaino’s mother, plays Truvy in the production. A veteran actress, she’s says she has been in “more than 200” productions, including commercials.

“An active theater group is good for economic development,” she said, noting that people are attracted to areas with a lively arts scene. She teaches at Foley Elementary School.

Soto is a retired librarian and journalist. She says she participated in theater because “it give life sparkle.”