[SML] Prop body

[Keith Newman]

Hi Bill,

I just did Matilda. We borrowed a prop dummy that had to be tossed about
the stage. It was built from a Halloween store full-size skeleton. The
muscles were built up with foam and then it was dressed. A mask was created
for the face and a wig went on for the hair. It worked pretty well but we
had to do some surgery on it as our Trunchbull was really good at tossing
the dummy about but the dummy was not so good at sticking the landing.
Mending plates were added to join bones together as needed.

Keith Newman
Technical Director
Cleveland Heights High School

On Fri, Jan 7, 2022, 11:08 AM Bill Potter via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Howdy Listers,
>
> We have a student production coming up that requires a dead “body” to fall
> out of a closet when opened and then get moved around the stage a bit. (The
> scene is pretty slapsticky.)
>
> Anybody in reasonable range of Southern New Hampshire have something for
> borrow or rent? We’d also consider making something if anyone has any good
> advice on whipping up a body prop.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill in NH
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