The way people like to explain Dixie’s Tupperware Party is that it is “Not your Mothers’ Tupperware Party!” Well how could it be, Dixie is quite unique. As you will learn at the party she was forced to take her trailer and her children out of Alabama as a condition of her parole. Dixie is delightfully white trash.
It was her parole officer, “an adorable Lesbian”, who suggested she sell Tupperware. “She said, ‘You need a job to get your kids back!’” The fact that working selling Tupperware required her to go to parties, gave her the ability to set your hours, and probably most importantly fact that she could drink on the job-made it a no-brainer for the mother of three. It only took one party and a bit of liquor to seal the deal. “I got pretty cock-tailed, then I said….wait! I can get free drinks at work!” She was having fun, and the demand for her to do parties continued to grow. From a few parties around L.A. to parties nationwide, and a stint off Broadway (I think Jersey?), Dixie has grown to become one of the top sellers of Tupperware in the U.S.
I wondered about the challenges of being a single mother who travels so much. The kids do not travel with Dixie, but they are well cared for. “I call the trailer about once a week and make sure that they are still chained to the front door. I see them on the holidays, and that’s fine.”
Dixie’s precious little ones include Absorbine, Jr., who is three. “He hasn’t learned to talk yet, but I think that is lucky. All I am trying to teach him right now is how to mix a cocktail.” Dwayne, who is ten, is a redhead like his mama, and a “Spitfire”. Finally, there’s Wynona, she is 16 and doing well at the local KFC. “Her manager just loves her,”, Dixie tells me, “She is always working late helping out. Sometimes she works till 5 am, which is weird cause they close at Midnight.” Dixie thinks Wynona is climbing the corporate ladder, I agree, and I imagine her boss is holding the ladder. Dixie says that Wynona and her manager at the KFC “work well together, they must talk a lot though, cause her jaw is always achey.” You can begin to see where this show is going to take you.??
Dixie has been married three times, and all three have passed away under mysterious circumstances. I wondered aloud if Dixie would consider herself a Black Widow? “I think they call that African American Widow now.” She informed me, “I cried the appropriate amount of time, as they told me to. And then I went to the bar.”
I wondered about the welfare of Dixie’s kids, all three having had their father pass. Never fear, None of Dixie’s husbands were fathers to any of her kids, so there is a chance, however slim, that maybe one of their fathers will someday surface. You
will learn all of this and so much more at her Tupperware Party. Most importantly,y you will learn all the ways your life will be made easier with Tupperware Party.
One note of importance, this is a real Tupperware Party. You will find a catalog and order form on your seat when you arrive. ?One of the things I found most fun at this show was all the women who were here for a “girls’ night out”. The theater was filled with groups of women throwing back cocktails and wine, laughing and gossiping, much like the Tupperware Parties I remember experiencing as a child. While this is not your mother’s Tupperware Party, I would highly encourage you to take your mother; she will love this modern spin while being reminded of a simpler time when women would gather in a living room and catch up on all the local gossip and learn all about better storage solutions. I can’t think of anyone that won’t laugh til they hurt, just make sure they are not too sensitive, there is a good chance of being called a hooker, Dixie calls everyone hooker.
