Opal Center For Arts & Education

Meet the cast of Steel Magnolias — Performing March 27- April 4 at OPAL.

🌸Alana Merz as Annelle
Alana is thrilled to be a part of Opal’s Steel Magnolias! Stories of community and womanhood are her absolute favorite. Alana has done two shows at the Opal so far, appearing in Evil Dead (Shelly) and The Rocky Horror Show (Janet). She has also done 7 shows with Cottage Theatre, her favorite being Nevermore (Player 4). Alana is a full-time content creator and a youth theatre director on the side. She is currently directing Junie B. Jones The Musical Jr at Cottage Theatre. She is very excited to work alongside her mom Laurel Merz and other actresses she admires very much. You won’t want to miss this one!

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https://opalcentercg.org/events/steel-magnolias

Meet the cast of Steel Magnolias — Performing March 27-April 4 at OPAL

🌸Nikki Pagniano as Ouiser
Nikki is thrilled to be part of Steel Magnolias alongside this phenomenal group of women. Favorite roles at Opal include the Head Blood Bitch in Evil Dead: The Musical, Robyn in The Roommate, and multiple characters in Parallel Lives. When not indulging a lifelong theatre habit, Nikki works as a hospice nurse, rescues dogs, and travels the world with her husband, Graham.

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Meet the cast of Steel Magnolias — Performing March 27 - April 4 at OPAL.

🌸 Kenady Conforth as Shelby
Kenady is a local dance instructor with a passion for theatre. She has extensive training in multiple styles of dance from her years at South Lane Dance Academy and 15 years of experience on the stage. Some of her theatrical credits include: Fiddler on the Roof (Chava), Sweet Charity (Nickie) The Sound of Music (Liesl), Something Rotten (Portia), and Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown).

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Meet the cast of Steel Magnolias — Performing March 27-April 4 at OPAL.

🌸Janet Rust as Truvy
Janet is thrilled to be making her Opal debut in one of her all time favorite plays. Since moving back from New York in 2004, Janet has mostly performed, directed and choreographed at The Cottage Theatre. Favorite roles include Cassie in A Chorus Line, Sister Robert Anne in Nunsense, Rosie in Mamma Mia, Emily Ambrose in Seeking Red, Rebecca in The Book of Will, and Tweedledum in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Thanks to Tony and Darcy for putting up with her many absences and to Maya for giving her this opportunity to do theatre with some of her favorite women.

TICKETS- https://opalcentercg.org/events/steel-magnolias

Meet the cast of Steel Magnolias — Performing March 27- April 4 at OPAL

🌸Laurel Merz as M’Lynn
Laurel is thrilled to be back on the stage at Opal. She has loved being part of staged readings particularly OPAL Reads Opal and as the “blood b*tch” for Evil Dead the Musical. She has been so thrilled to be a part of this incredible cast of talented women telling the story of the incredible power of female friendship. She thanks all the women in her life who have kept her sane with love, brunch and good advice. She sends thanks to her family who has supported this endeavor, including her oldest daughter with whom she has the great pleasure of sharing the stage with once again. Special thanks to Marc who spent many hours listening to her wax poetic about the experience and helped her with her lines, and Fred her precious real-life-baby-boy-mutt who put up with mom not being around. To the women who made this show happen- “You have no idea how wonderful you are.”

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2 more chances to see THE SWAN at OPAL
Tonight and tomorrow at 7:30PM

See the show The Chronicle called “a bold play”. Link to the full article and for tickets in our bio!

https://www.chronicle1909.com/2026/02/26/the-swan-at-the-opal-center/

🌸 “Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.”
OPAL presents Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias

🌸Starring Janet Rust, Alana Merz, Elizabeth Peterson, Kenady Conforth, Laurel Merz, & Nikki Pagniano

🌸Tickets on sale now! Link in the bio.
https://opalcentercg.org/events/steel-magnolias

Behind the scenes of THE SWAN.
Get your tickets to this play on transformative love.

Starring Kali Kardas, Adam Leonard, & Dale Light.
FEB 20-28 // $20 tix link in bio! 🦢
https://opalcentercg.org/events/the-swan

FEB 20-22 & 27-28
See the play “The Swan”- A surreal journey of love and liberation.

💌 Get your tickets with the link in the bio.

🎶One more chance to see OPAL’s choir perform their inaugural concert. Today at 2PM // Tickets by donation.

💎the Gem Tones senior community choir is supported by the Fred W. Fields Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation. Thank you!