Little shop of horros
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Topic: Little shop of horros
Posted By: grandlake
Subject: Little shop of horros
Date Posted: 8/03/07 at 2:11pm
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We are a new community theater in St. marys Ohio
And we are putting on the musical Little shop of horrors.
are there any groups in here that have the puppets for rent..
the show is running the first and second weekend in october.
any info would be great..
Thanks
Bryon
grandlaketheatrix
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Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 8/03/07 at 4:52pm
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Shame your so close in time.. We are in Findlay, have a puppet set, but we are up last weekend in September and first two weekends in October. ------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |
Posted By: Spectrum
Date Posted: 8/05/07 at 8:23pm
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We have a set of puppets available, but the shipping cost (from Dallas, TX) would be outrageous. May I suggest you check out this website?
http://www.audrey2.info/ - http://www.audrey2.info/ http://www.geocities.com/angrypuppets/puppetshop/audrey2/links.htm -
We might be able to help you with rental of the four telephones and ring generators to ring them, though. Just an FYI.
http://www.theatricalreality.com - www.theatricalreality.com
Good luck! ------------- Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. |
Posted By: tblan
Date Posted: 9/02/07 at 9:55pm
| mti rents the puppets as well i believe. |
Posted By: slicksister
Date Posted: 9/05/07 at 2:14am
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Hey, I moved back to CA from OH last year but we did Little Shop when I lived in Bellefontaine. We got the puppets from a high school of performing arts in Columbus. I can't remember the name of the school but there can't be that many of them. If you wanted to call the vocal music teacher at Bellefontaine High school - he was the Director of the show - I'm sure he could help you out. ------------- The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing |
Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 9/05/07 at 9:52am
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If your still looking, "Kostumes Inc." up near Perrysburg/toledo has a very nice set. ------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |
Posted By: Mr. Lowell
Date Posted: 9/07/07 at 1:34pm
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When I did the show, I rented all four sizes of Audrey II from designer John Saari at Greensboro College.
He has the potted plant size for the shelf; the hand-held potted puppet with a fake arm for Seymour; the medium size floor puppet for eating body parts; and the giant size man-eating Audrey II with a crew person hidden inside! They are all made of lightweight foam and covered in his very own invention: "Sculpt-or-Coat".
His work is in high demand, so contact him now to reserve your dates. This is his link:
http://www.gborocollege.edu/academics_new/saari.php - http://www.gborocollege.edu/academics_new/saari.php
Break a leg...and eat it too!  - Dana------------- Mr. Lowell, Lighting/Set Designer & Tech Director, for the Linda Sloan Theatre, in the Davison Center for the Arts, at Greensboro Day School |
Posted By: doublezero420
Date Posted: 10/16/07 at 10:53pm
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Marty,
Do you still have the puppets and are willing to loan/hire them out? My CT is planning on doing Little Shop next season (08-09). We are about 3 1/2 hours away from Findlay in Rushville, IN.
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Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 10/17/07 at 9:08am
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We do still have them... Our show goes up last week of November.. We payed a pretty good price for them, but as it probably amounted to the rental/shipping costs from a major company, we think we did ok.. We have a warehouse and will be storing them for future use (we plan on renting them for a modest fee to recoup costs) Problem is, I dont think we want to get into the "shipping" buisness, so (and don't quote me on this yet, because it has to go to the board) I'm thinking they will want to rent to folks willing to come pick it up. But I'm sure something could be worked out... ------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |
Posted By: doublezero420
Date Posted: 10/17/07 at 7:59pm
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Guess I should've looked at the dates of the previous posts first.
 Totally agree on the shipping. One reason we are looking at places closer to us is so we can pick up and return. One of the places we originally looked at wanted $1800
 for rental and $3000  for shipping.By the way what are the dates and times of your show? I (and I'm sure others in my CT) love to come up to see it. (and scope out the plant
)aaron
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Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 10/18/07 at 8:04am
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Show dates are Nov 29th and 30th Dec 1st through the 2nd 6th through the 9th and 12th through the 15th.. Curtain is at 5 on Sundays and at 8 all other days... House opens a half hour early... If you do come, be sure to seek me out to talk about it... ya can't miss me.. I'm the fat guy who owns a flower shop on skid row.... For more information.. http://www.fortfindlayplayhouse.org/ - http://www.fortfindlayplayhouse.org/ ------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |
Posted By: pdavis69
Date Posted: 10/19/07 at 8:56am
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The fat guy that owns the shop is ok but WOW the voice of the plant is amazing! (Yeah it's me) ------------- Patrick L. Davis Fort Findlay Playhouse |
Posted By: doublezero420
Date Posted: 11/21/07 at 11:58am
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Marty (or Patrick),
Are the dates of 12-15 correct or should it be 13-16?
------------- aaron “One of my chief regrets during my years in the theater is that I could not sit in the audience and watch me” -John Barrymore |
Posted By: pdavis69
Date Posted: 11/21/07 at 1:16pm
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12-15 no Sunday the final weekend. It realy is going well and I am very excited about our Grand Re-opening show after our flood disaster. ------------- Patrick L. Davis Fort Findlay Playhouse |
Posted By: doublezero420
Date Posted: 6/20/08 at 11:20pm
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Heya,
Sorry I didn't make it up to see the show. Real life got in the way. How did it go? Are you still considering renting the puppets? How much? Also what about the chair and mask?
aaron ------------- aaron “One of my chief regrets during my years in the theater is that I could not sit in the audience and watch me” -John Barrymore |
Posted By: MartyW
Date Posted: 6/21/08 at 10:42am
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Sorry, we sold the puppet a couple of months ago. ------------- Marty W "Till next we trod the boards.." |