Last weekend, a local family collaboration took center stage as two generations of talented women came together for the first time in Machias Arts Council Theatre’s (Machias ACT) production of the beloved classic Steel Magnolias.

Set in a small-town beauty salon in Louisiana, Steel Magnolias -- in a 1987 script by Robert Harling -- is a touching and humorous story about friendship, resilience, and the unbreakable bonds between women.