Helena Troy

Sealed For Freshness

Move Over, Mrs. Markham

Sealed for Freshness The Vagabond Players From the Baltimore City Paper - September 2004 "Critic's Choice" By Nicholas Friesner There was a certain magic about Tupperware:  The way it perfectly locked in the flavor of last night's leftovers, the smooth flexible plastic that wouldn't break if it hit the floor, the wide variety of colors to coordinate and decorate the inside of the fridge. . . . . And then there were the parties:  Where else could middle-aged, female suburbanites get together and cut loose while providing for their homes at the same time?  Tupperware and the parties were a vital part of the American experience, and writer Doug Stone understands this marvel of food storage.  His play "Sealed for Freshness" is set in a 1968 Tupperware party that changes the life of the housewife host and every woman in attendance.

Move Over Mrs. Markham  From The Baltimore Guide - September 2003 "Fine farce in Fells Point"  by Liz Dunbar "Move Over, Mrs. Markham" moves the Vagabond Players into that elite group of small theaters that can successfully produce a drawing-room comedy in the "Noises Off" tradition. "Move Over, Mrs. Markham's verbal repartee of the first act gives way seamlessly to rib-splitting physical comedy in the second. Messrs. Ray Cooney and John Chapman have provided a marvelous script that gives carte blanche for actors and director alike to create an hilarious evening of entertainment.