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Welcome to McDavid Studio. On behalf of the Performing Arts Fort Worth staff & Board of Directors, thank you for joining us.
We can’t contain our excitement to finally welcome everyone’s favorite southern redhead, Dixie Longate, back to Fort Worth! Dixie’s Tupperware Party is the hysterical, fan-favorite show that brings your traditional Tupperware party into the 21st century with Dixie’s fast-talking tales, heartfelt accounts and some homespun wisdom. While it’s undeniable that Dixie has a charm and sense of humor all her own, she also brings a fresh perspective. If you’ve never experienced a Dixie show before, I think you’ll find that while you come for a laugh, you’ll leave with a whole lot more.
Dixie’s Tupperware Party comes to McDavid Studio as part of the Popular Entertainment Series. This incredible lineup continues in May with the UNT One O’Clock Lab Band Spring Showcase, followed by An Evening with Suzy Bogguss. Then at Bass Hall, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band brings their farewell tour for one night only, July 27.
This Mother’s Day, our 2023-2024 Broadway at the Bass Season presented by PNC Bank continues with Chicago, followed by the return of Hamilton in June, and closes with the 25th anniversary tour of Mamma Mia! in July. Tickets to all three of these shows are on sale now.
The 2024-2025 Broadway Season presented by PNC Bank features fresh revivals, original tales and spectacular showstoppers! New season tickets will go on sale the week of April 29. Join the waitlist at www.basshall.com/waitlist to get priority access.
Visit www.basshall.com to learn more about all of the exciting shows coming up and to secure your seats for your next visit with us.
As always, thank you to all of our sponsors and donors for their generous contributions and continued support. Now, grab those aprons as we give a big Texas “howdy” to Dixie’s Tupperware Party!
Dione Kennedy President & CEO Performing Arts Fort Worth
Down South LLC presents
Lighting Design
Richard Winkler
Tour Manager
Michele Helberg
Sound Design
Christopher K. Bond
General Management
RM Entertainment
Kris AnderssonDirected 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
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.
Who could have imagined that a single mother from the middle of the country could take a plastic bowl and make it an iconic piece of Americana. This is what inspires me about Brownie Wise. She wasn’t just creating a way to sell more plastic crap. She looked past the bowl, and found women that were lost, who needed help, who just didn’t quite fit in, and she gave them a network of friends and neighbors who would come together to share recipes and cocktails. They would talk about their families and their new Broyhill recliner. They would show off their ultra-modern wood paneling, and sometimes, their empty bed where their husband had slept before he went off to war. These parties not only provided creative food storage solutions, they also provided opportunities for women to step up and in a small way, take charge of their lives. Now I haven’t had the easiest life, but the good times happily have outweighed the bad times. At least that is how I remember it. But there ain’t a day that goes by that I don’t pick up a piece of Tupperware and thank my lucky stars at how much better off I am now than I was just a couple of years ago.
Maybe it’s the plastic containers, maybe it’s the drinking, I’m not certain. But there is one thing I do know. I am so grateful that Brownie Wise decided to walk into her neighbor’s living room with that first set of bowls all those years ago. If she hadn’t, I am not quite sure where I would be right now.
Brownie ain’t that much different than me. And I ain’t that much different from you. Like they say, if you put your mind to it, you can do anything. Even if you turn down that shot sitting in front of you on the bar.
Welcome to my Tupperware Party!
Dixie’s Tupperware Party is performed without intermission
Your Tupperware Lady
Hey hookers, I’m Dixie Longate, America’s Favorite Tupperware lady. I’m from Mobile, Alabama, born and raised. I started selling the fantastic plastic crap in 2001 on advice from my parole officer and within a year, I was one of the top sellers in the nation. Hot dog! My Tupperware party caught the eye of some New York theatre producers and in 2007, I had a big opening of my own show, “Dixie’s Tupperware Party” off-Broadway and even got a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance. I know, shut up, right! Laurence Fishburne beat me that year. Dang it. But what nice company to be in. I have now played in theaters far and wide across these fruited plains as well as a bunch of other countries. Some of those places I didn’t even realize had food. See what I have learned by traveling so much. I have also written a few other shows that I have performed in between and on top of the show you’re seeing tonight. It’s been one heck of an adventure in the past 22 years. I’m happy to be here partying it up with all y’all this evening. Now grab a Tupperware sippy cup and let’s have ourselves a party! For more info or to see pictures of me doing fun things, go find me on social media at Dixie Longate.
KRIS ANDERSSON (Actor/Playwright) debuted Dixie’s Tupperware Party at the 2004 New York International Fringe Festival. Following that, the show moved Off-Broadway to the acclaimed theater, Ars Nova. The show received the 2007/08 Drama Desk Award Nomination for Outstanding Solo Performance and began an international tour in 2008. The show has now become one of the longest-running Off-Broadway tours in American theater history. Dixie’s follow up show, Never Wear A Tube Top While Riding A Mechanical Bull and 16 Other Things I Learned While I Was Drinking Last Thursday has toured in tandem with Tupperware since 2014. Cherry Bombs and Bottle Rockets, his latest Dixie-inspired stand up and storytelling show, was penned during the pandemic.
PATRICK RICHWOOD (Director) 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 oneperson 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.
RICHARD WINKLER (Lighting Designer). 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 Monty, A 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 Blonde, The Children’s Hour, Betrayal.
CHRISTOPHER BOND (Sound Designer) 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 Short, Fame 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.
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The production was presented by THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL a production of THE PRESENT COMPANY STAFF FOR Dixie’s Tupperware Party
THE USE OF CAMERAS AND OTHER RECORDING DEVICES IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
RM ENTERTAINMENT (General Management). RM has been involved in over 70 shows in the last 40 years that have toured throughout the world. Recent productions include Tuna Does Vegas, All Shook Up, Some Like It Hot starring Tony Curtis, Fame: The Musical, Guys and Dolls, and Forever Plaid. Exclusive Tour Direction
Please Contact:
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• 323-687-4408
• dixie@dixielongate.com
Angels in the Wings support the Children’s Education Program of Performing Arts Forth Worth at the Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass Performance Hall with gifts of $1,000 and above. The Children’s Education Program is an integral part of Bass Performance Hall but maintains its own support independent of Performing Arts Fort Worth. Each year, 70,000 students from Fort Worth ISD and North Texas experience high-quality curriculum-related performing arts programs at Bass Performance Hall that are free of charge to all participants because of the generosity of our Angels in the Wings.
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Alice L. Walton Foundation
Judy and Paul E.* Andrews, Jr.
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass
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Edward Perry Bass Foundation
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Terry Canafax
Bayard H.* and Cornelia C.*
Friedman
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Arts Fort Worth
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Texas Commission on the Arts
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Once Upon a Time … Performing Arts Fort Worth, Inc.
Jean Roach
Rozanne and Billy Rosenthal
Thomas M., Helen McKee & John P. Ryan Foundation
William E. Scott Foundation
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Carol and Jim Dunaway
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Rosalyn Rosenthal
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Charles and Joyce Trotter
Elena and Thomas Yorio
Jil and Brad Barnes
Bobb Beauchamp
Marjorie Black
Eddie and Marilyn Broussard
Jerry and Lucy Brown
Sue and Alan* Buratto
Debbie and Brent Burns
Gordon* and Sharon Burt
Central Market | H-E-B
Jocelyn Citty
Matthew Conk
Kelly and Gerry Cumpiano
Domino’s Pizza
Andrew and Kathy DuBose
Lily and Bobby English | English Family Giving Fund
Fifth Avenue Foundation
Nancy L. Hallman
Gloria and Erich Holmsten
Arnold Jansen
Joe T. Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant
Christina and Mark L. Johnson
Edward Knaus
Hollie and Joe Lancarte
Robert M. Lansford
Sharon and Joe Leite
Dr. Patricia A. Linares
Angela and Ron Majerus
Stacy Marshall
Letha Grace McCoy
Sandy and Brian Newby
Mimi and Robert Nimocks
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*Deceased
Elaine Agather, Chairman; Edward P. Bass, Chairman Emeritus
Jil Barnes, Dr. Jennifer G. Brooks, Eddie Broussard, Rebecca Brumley, Eboney Cobb-McCain, Kim Darden, Joann Dickerson, Glenn S. Forbes, Paige Higgins, Erich Holmsten, Mark L. Johnson, Dee Kelly, Jr., Teresa King, Marsha H. Kleinheinz, Joe T. Lancarte, Robert M. Lansford, Dr. Patricia Linares, John L. Marion, Stacy Marshall, Priscilla Martin, David McDavid, Brian Newby, Shannon Ray, Timothy Rees, Jean Roach, Lisa Rose, Rozanne Rosenthal, Joel T. Sawyer, Patricia H. Schutts, Gloria Starling, Amy Hardison Tully, Wes Turner
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Senior Vice President, Operations Jason Wise
CFO .............................................................. Alicia Durán
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Payroll, Benefits & HR Specialist .................................... Nicole Guadarrama
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Facilities Operations Manager Mike King
Facilities Operations Assistant Manager ......................
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Grants & Board Manager Rebecca Fanning
Development Coordinator .................... Marissa Kates
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Director of Education & Community
Engagement .............................................. Taylor Woods
Education & Community Engagement
Coordinator ............................................. Cassie Hardee
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Safety & Risk Management Managers .......................... Sean Carroll, Carlos Duque
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Manager of Programming & Engagement
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Events & Engagement Coordinator .... Remelee Bivin
Marketing
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Senior Marketing Manager Jackson Pollock
Content & Communications Manager ... Erica Ludwig
Digital & E-Commerce Marketing Manager Allyn Welker
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Technical Director Charles McCormick
Assistant Technical Directors ............... Dylan Walker, Mel Willmann
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Director of CRM Strategy Phillip De Leon
Patron Services Manager ......................... Kelsey Fales
Patron Services Supervisors Laura Crick, Alexus Ogrodnik
Patron Services Lead Representatives
Nataly Hernandez, Adam Laughlin, David Mathews, Esperanza Sandoval Ordonez
Patron Services Representative Kathryn Thomson
Front of House & Hospitality Services
Director of Front of House ........................... Clara Silva
Assistant Directors of Front of House ............................ Drew Clevenger, Moses Gomez, Philip Smerick
Hospitality Services Managers .................. Julie Carlin, Maria Williams
Front of House & Volunteer Manager ............................ Marisa Maschino
Retail Manager Mark Heck
Retail & Hospitality Coordinator...........Max Albarran
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Find a list of open positions and apply at www.basshall.com/careers .
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