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Shapewear Shindig!

Nov 01, 2024
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Can you guess what kind of party is underway below? My mom went to one of these. She still has the cereal containers she brought home - only now I think they house dog food (late night cereal snackers, beware).

Who won the hat contest? I vote for the Carmen Miranda moment with the grapes.

It’s a Tupperware Party!

Yes, this is still an archive of theater resources assembled in essay form.

and

No, I am not suggesting schools and theaters should host Tupperware parties

though

Certainly, a Hat Face-Off between Costume Crafts and the Props Department is a great idea.***

***bonus points for using the plastic containers that have been sitting in the Green Room fridge for 3 years despite 42 kindly and curtly worded reprimands for leaving food containers more than 14 days


tupperware parties are the inspiration for a

Was my mom at this party! She still has that chip and dip display dish!

3 Birds with 1 Stone Solution

to these problems:

  1. Happy Comfortable Performers and Staff

  2. Less than Luxurious Costume Budgets

  3. Audience Engagement

I am putting that solution in detail below this paywall because:

  1. All of my theater fundraisers require a few bucks in start-up cash - your subscription $ get the fund going.

  2. Some of us have been underserved by the garment industries - righting the wrongs always requires at least an extra $5.

Subscribe and Read-on for all the fun a Shapewear Shindig can buy! If you are a subscriber that wants to host this fundraiser, I will happily co-host.

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