Dixie's Tupperware Party Plays Hennepin Stages, Feb. 9-21, 2010

MINNEAPOLIS—Hennepin Theatre Trust recently announced that Dixie Longate, the fasttalking, wickedly funny Tupperware lady who took off-Broadway by storm with “Dixie's Tupperware Party,” has packed up her catalogues and fantastic ‘plastic crap,’ left her Alabama trailer park and is heading for a run Feb. 9–21, 2010 at Hennepin Stages Theatre, 824 Hennepin Ave., Mpls. Tickets are on sale now. To purchase and for more information visit www.HennepinTheatreTrust.org or call 1-800-982-2787.

As the proudly trashy, boozy hostess of interactive, ‘drag-tastic’, yet good ol’ fashioned Tupperware Parties, Dixie adeptly juggles outrageously funny tall tales about her 18 marriages and wayward kids with hard-hitting insights, free giveaways and ridiculous improvisation fueled by audience participation. Dixie, the No.1 Tupperware seller in the U.S. and Canada, travels the country peddling the most fabulous assortment of Tupperware ever sold on a theater stage.

Along the way, she educates her guests on the many inventive uses she has discovered for her plastic products—mostly unmentionable in polite company. “Dixie's Tupperware Party” starring Dixie Longate, a character created by actor (Mr.) Kris
Andersson, earned 2007 off-Broadway and Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Solo Performance. Dixie's West Coast engagements were so hot that shows sold out months in advance to “eager partygoers waiting for their turn to see her unique take on the traditional '50s Tupperware Party.” When the one-woman tour-de-force was featured on a London talk show, Dixie was so convincing she ended up selling almost $700 worth of plastic to the crew. An “…ambrosia blend of back-woods southern charm and Tourettes, Dixie Longate flings catalogue numbers and factoids for her ‘plastic crap’ with Mensa-like ease, all the while peppering her pitch with more life stories than ring-worm in a trailer park,” writes Pogue Go.

TICKET INFORMATION
“Dixie's Tupperware Party” runs Feb. 9–21, 2010 Hennepin Stages Theatre (824 Hennepin Ave., Mpls., 55403). Performance times are 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday; 4 and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $36. All prices include applicable facility fees. Additional service charges may apply. Tickets may be purchased in person at the State Theatre Box Office (805 Hennepin Avenue, Mpls., 55402), online at HennepinTheatreTrust.org, by calling 1-800-982-2787 or visiting a Ticketmaster Center. Groups of 10 or more are eligible for discounts and should call 612-373-5665. Because of mature content, this production is recommended for ages 16 and above. For more information see www.dixiestupperwareparty.com.

HENNEPIN THEATRE TRUST, owner of the historic State, Orpheum and Pantages Theatres, is a non-profit organization
devoted to enriching the vibrant cultural atmosphere of the Twin Cities. The Trust’s programs include Broadway touring
productions, the SpotLight Musical Theatre Program for high schools, Critical View student reviewer program, Teen
Ushers, the Access Program and Kids’ Night. For more information, visit HennepinTheatreTrust.org.