Dixie Longate. Say it: Dixie Longate. If you still can’t hear the pun, no matter: You’ll still have fun at Dixie’s Tupperware Party, an Off-Broadway hit described by Playbill as “a unique hybrid of improv, drag show, social satire and Tupperware party — complete with lids that burp.” As written and performed by Kris Andersson, Dixie’s life story is a tale of trailer-trash self-determination that rivals Sarah Palin’s: "After 18 failed marriages and several run-ins with the law … Miss Longate was encouraged by her parole officer to make a change of scenery and to enter into the fray of a home-based business in order for the courts to return custody to her of her three children: Dwayne, Wynona and little Absorbine Jr. Through plastic, she teaches many valuable lessons to her offspring about teen pregnancy, staying away from drugs and why a trailer is a truly comfortable and practical place to live." She brings her mix of hilarity and salesmanship to Ruth Eckerd Hall this week as part of a 20-city national tour. But if you go, be forewarned: You may come away having ordered more than your share of Stuffables, Stackables and other fine Tupperware products. She’s that good. Nov. 25-29, 8 p.m. Tues.-Thurs., 2 and 8 p.m. Fri., and 1, 5 and 8 p.m. Sat., Murray Studio Theatre @ REH, 1111 McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater, $35, 727-791-7400.
This article appears in Nov 12-18, 2008.