I read a post from 2007 (very informative and useful stuff wolf825, thank you).
I was wondering if in the last few years others have put on Annie Get Your Gun and have any ideas of how to design, build, and/or stage the following:
1. Tommy & Winnie's Knife Trick - I've seen the rentals. I would like to build our own. Has anyone done this and have any tips?
2. Annie's Big Trick - No trapeze... how have others staged it?? Are there any cool stage props you've built for it? I'm looking for anything other than the obvious, we had chorus girls pop balloons with pins" answer.
3. An Archery Triggered Confetti Drop - Now here's the kicker... I have an award winning state level archer in my cast. I would love to start out Act 2 with her coming out on stage, aiming at a target we have mounted within the fake proscenium (the very center 17 feet up - we have a large apron, the angle she would be firing up is not that steep), hitting it with an arrow, and triggering a confetti drop from that specific location.
4. The Bird Hat - Any ideas of how to build a hat that ill catapult a bird off of Dolly's hat when Annie shoots at it, or have any resources for us to rent one?
5. The Poodle Trick - I would love Frank to shoot the apple off the poodle's head very quickly in the opening scene. I'm not looking for anything too flashy, maybe just a plywood cutout of a poodle or a stylistic silhouette. Any ideas of how to rig an apple to fly off it.
Before you go and think I have no ideas for any of these, I do. I'm just using this place for what it's meant to be used for, and idea bank!!
I love this place and love the discussions I've been reading here for the last few years. Thanks for anyone taking even a single minute to consider any of the above. Tech rocks!
-Dan
I was wondering if in the last few years others have put on Annie Get Your Gun and have any ideas of how to design, build, and/or stage the following:
1. Tommy & Winnie's Knife Trick - I've seen the rentals. I would like to build our own. Has anyone done this and have any tips?
2. Annie's Big Trick - No trapeze... how have others staged it?? Are there any cool stage props you've built for it? I'm looking for anything other than the obvious, we had chorus girls pop balloons with pins" answer.
3. An Archery Triggered Confetti Drop - Now here's the kicker... I have an award winning state level archer in my cast. I would love to start out Act 2 with her coming out on stage, aiming at a target we have mounted within the fake proscenium (the very center 17 feet up - we have a large apron, the angle she would be firing up is not that steep), hitting it with an arrow, and triggering a confetti drop from that specific location.
4. The Bird Hat - Any ideas of how to build a hat that ill catapult a bird off of Dolly's hat when Annie shoots at it, or have any resources for us to rent one?
5. The Poodle Trick - I would love Frank to shoot the apple off the poodle's head very quickly in the opening scene. I'm not looking for anything too flashy, maybe just a plywood cutout of a poodle or a stylistic silhouette. Any ideas of how to rig an apple to fly off it.
Before you go and think I have no ideas for any of these, I do. I'm just using this place for what it's meant to be used for, and idea bank!!
I love this place and love the discussions I've been reading here for the last few years. Thanks for anyone taking even a single minute to consider any of the above. Tech rocks!
-Dan