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Sat. May 18, 2024 2p.m.

Dixie's Tupperware Party

Family Theater

Down South LLC

presents

Dixie Longate

in

Dixie’s Tupperware Party

Lighting Design

Richard Winkler

Sound Design

Christopher K. Bond

Tour Manager

Michele Helberg

General Management

K L Management

 

by

Kris Andersson

Directed by

Patrick Richwood

The Tupperware trademark is used with kind permission of the Tupperware Brands Corporations.

The production was presented by
THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL
a production of THE PRESENT COMPANY
Originally produced in New York by Ars Nova, Jon Steingart, Jenny Wiener and Jason Eagan

www.dixiestupperwareparty.com

Patrons are requested to silence cell phones and other electronic devices during performances.

The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not allowed in this venue.

Sponsors

The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation

Terms and Conditions

All events and artists subject to change without prior notice.

A little scribble from Dixie’s notepad

Someone once said that things often come much more into focus after that second shot of tequila. I can’t say that I disagree with that. And I reckon that many of you have had that experience. You know when you are talking to a friend as the bar bill climbs and you start to make sense out of things that were plaguing you just a few hours before. 

I have to think that there was a round of empty glasses sitting on the counter when Brownie Wise thought to herself, “Hey, if I take these plastic bowls off of the store shelves and demonstrate how great they are to my friends in their own living rooms, I might be on to something.” Over 60 years have passed and boy was she on to something. 

Welcome to my Tupperware Party!

Dixie Longate

Who’s Who in the Cast

  • Your Tupperware Lady

    Dixie Longate

    Hey hookers, I’m Dixie Longate, America’s Favorite Tupperware lady. I'm from Mobile, Alabama, born and raised. What can I say, I'm a southern girl through and through. I started selling the fantastic Plastic crap in 2001 and I have never had so much fun drinking for free in my life. Within a year, I was one of the top sellers in the nation because, well, me and some plastic bowls, and a bunch of drunk women somehow equals lots of sales.

  • Director

    Patrick Richwood

    Patrick Richwood has been associated with Dixie Longate since her earliest days in the world of food storage and is delighted to be collaborating on her quest to save the world, one collapsible bowl at a time! As a director, he has garnered critical praise for his work in the one-person genre including Dark Horse at the L.A. Theatre Center, An Otherwise Empty Room at the Geary Project, San Francisco, and Ishmael for the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Annex, Los Angeles.

  • Playwright

    Kris Andersson

    Andersson debuted Dixie's Tupperware Party at the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival. Following that run, he teamed up with playwright Elizabeth Meriwether (New Girl) and director Alex Timbers (BeetlejuiceMoulin Rouge! The Musical) to create the Off-Broadway version of the show at Ars Nova. The show received the 2007/08 Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance. 

  • Lighting Designer

    Richard Winkler

    Over 35-years as a lighting designer for Broadway, off-Broadway, opera, regional theatres, national tours, and arenas. Most recently—Musicals, including: Miss Saigon,The Who’s Tommy, Hairspray, at Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars; The Full MontyA Christmas Story, the world premiere musical Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, Kiss Me Kate, Jekyll and Hyde. Most recent plays include:  Jerusalem (World Premiere), Waverly Gallery, Dirty Blonde, and Wit. Now also a 3-time Tony-Award winning Broadway producer The Norman Conquests (2009), Memphis, The Musical (2010); La Cage aux Folles (2010). Other Broadway producing credits: A Little Night Music, Lend Me A Tenor, La Bete (London and Broadway), Long Story Short with Colin Quinn, and Nice Work If You Can Get It.  West End producing credits include: Legally BlondeThe Children's HourBetrayal

  • Sound Designer

    Christopher Bond

    Is pleased to be in his 10th season with Dixie’s Tupperware Party. His other work consists of more than 40 top New York & National Touring productions, including the New York and HBO productions of Colin Quinn: Long Story ShortFame on 42nd Street, and the national tours of All Shook Up starring Susan Anton, Some Like it Hot starring Tony Curtis, Guys & Dolls, and Forever Plaid. Mr. Bond has designed more than 30 regional productions across the US and has served for ten seasons as the Sound Designer for Theatre Under the Stars in Houston, TX.

  • General Manager

    KL Management

    KL has been involved in over 70 shows in the last 40 years that have toured throughout the world. Recent productions include Tuna Does VegasAll Shook UpSome Like It Hot starring Tony Curtis, Fame: The MusicalGuys and DollsDirty BlondeFully CommittedThe Vagina MonologuesForever Plaid.

Staff

Staff for Dixie’s Tupperware Party

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

KL ManagementRichard Martini, Elinor Prince, Christy Ellingsworth

Tour ManagerMichele Helberg

BookkeeperElinor Prince

InsuranceDewitt Stern Group

PayrollCastellana Services

The production was presented by THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL a production of THE PRESENT COMPANY

Kennedy Center Theater Programming & Producing Staff

Vice President & Executive Producer of Theater Jeffrey Finn

Manager Clara Wallace

Manager Will Quinn

Coordinator Morgan Engle

Assistant to the Vice President Stephen Emery

Director, Public Relations Brendan Padgett*

Senior Press Representative Brittany Laeger

Public Relations Coordinator, Non-Classical Miles Newton

Senior Manager, Marketing Steven Dawson

Assistant Manager, Marketing Hayley McGuirl

Assistant Manager,  Advertising Communications Dan Goff

Kennedy Center Executive Leadership

President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsDeborah F. Rutter

Vice President, Public RelationsEileen Andrews

Chief Information Officer Ralph Bellandi

Senior Vice President, MarketingKimberly J. Cooper

Executive Director, National Symphony OrchestraJean Davidson

Senior Vice President, Artistic PlanningMonica Holt

Chief Financial OfficerStacey Johnson

Vice President, EducationJordan LaSalle

Vice President, Government Relations and ProtocolLaurie McKay

Senior Vice President, DevelopmentLeslie Miller

General Director, Washington National OperaTimothy O’Leary

Chief Human Resources OfficerFrederick Owusu

Executive Vice President & General CounselAsh Zachariah

Staff for the Family Theater

  • Theater Manager
    Timothy Guillot*
  • Assistant Theater Manager
    Esther Schwarzbauer
  • Box Office Treasurer
    Holly Longstreth
  • Head Usher
    Katherine Abbott
  • Assistant Head Ushers
    Bradley Barnhurst, Bonnie Mitchell, William Taylor
  • Production Manager
    Melissa Peterson, Alyssa Will Zegers
  • Production Stagehands
     Robert Humphrey, Zachary Moody, Colleen Shannon, Garrett Brown, Justin Sosebee

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*Represented by ATPAM, the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers.

Steinway Piano Gallery is the exclusive area representative of Steinway & Sons and Boston pianos, the official pianos of the Kennedy Center.

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The box office at the Kennedy Center is represented by I.A.T.S.E, Local #868.

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The technicians at the Kennedy Center are represented by Local #22, Local #772,  and Local #798 I.A.T.S.E., AFL-CIO-CLC, the professional union of theatrical technicians.