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I need to create a large prop rock for Marauder's rock in Peter Pan and Wendy.  It needs to be large enough for 4-5 people to sit on, sturdy enough to stand on, tall enough to hide people sitting behind it and light enough to be moved by middle school stage hands.

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Stephanie Vitulli
Middle School Theater Director
Highlands Ranch CO
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When we did the show last year we used a angled platform on castors for the base and fabricated the rocky exterior with a combination of paper mache covered in fabric and paint. There is a slight noise issue with the paper mache but the fabric muffled it pretty effectively.

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Shira Schwartz
Chandler Unified School District
Chandler AZ
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-07-2018 12:52
From: Stephanie Vitulli
Subject: Making a large prop rock

I need to create a large prop rock for Marauder's rock in Peter Pan and Wendy.  It needs to be large enough for 4-5 people to sit on, sturdy enough to stand on, tall enough to hide people sitting behind it and light enough to be moved by middle school stage hands.

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Stephanie Vitulli
Middle School Theater Director
Highlands Ranch CO
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The best piece of advice I can give you here is to find a photo of a real rock (there are millions on the web) and use it as a place to start. That way you won't end up with something that looks like a wood structure covered in papier mache. You may also want to google "peter pan set design" and see what other productions did.

After that, yeah, it's a wooden structure draped in papier mache or foam.

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George F. Ledo
Set designer
www.setdesignandtech.wordpress.com
www.georgefledo.net
http://astore.amazon.com/sdtbookstore-20
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-07-2018 13:11
From: Shira Schwartz
Subject: Making a large prop rock

When we did the show last year we used a angled platform on castors for the base and fabricated the rocky exterior with a combination of paper mache covered in fabric and paint. There is a slight noise issue with the paper mache but the fabric muffled it pretty effectively.

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Shira Schwartz
Chandler Unified School District
Chandler AZ

Original Message:
Sent: 02-07-2018 12:52
From: Stephanie Vitulli
Subject: Making a large prop rock

I need to create a large prop rock for Marauder's rock in Peter Pan and Wendy.  It needs to be large enough for 4-5 people to sit on, sturdy enough to stand on, tall enough to hide people sitting behind it and light enough to be moved by middle school stage hands.

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Stephanie Vitulli
Middle School Theater Director
Highlands Ranch CO
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Original Message------

I need to create a large prop rock for Marauder's rock in Peter Pan and Wendy.  It needs to be large enough for 4-5 people to sit on, sturdy enough to stand on, tall enough to hide people sitting behind it and light enough to be moved by middle school stage hands.

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Stephanie Vitulli
Middle School Theater Director
Highlands Ranch CO
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Jason Watkins at Niwot High School had several large rocks/steps that went together from when .  It was around 4ish feet tall if I recall.  I don't know if he still has it, but if he doesn't I bet he knows who has it.

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Josh Belk
Director of Theatre
Palmer Ridge High School
Monument, CO
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-07-2018 12:52
From: Stephanie Vitulli
Subject: Making a large prop rock

I need to create a large prop rock for Marauder's rock in Peter Pan and Wendy.  It needs to be large enough for 4-5 people to sit on, sturdy enough to stand on, tall enough to hide people sitting behind it and light enough to be moved by middle school stage hands.

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Stephanie Vitulli
Middle School Theater Director
Highlands Ranch CO
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