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We built a bed like a raised platform and then added the blankets and pillows on top so that it could be wheeled on and off just like a wagon. They also moved the bed in the number to be seen better.

Kelly Thomas
Department of Theatre
Department of Art
Dr. Ralph H. Poteet High School
3300 Poteet Drive
Mesquite, Texas 75150
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972-882-5300


Original Message:
Sent: 4/23/2022 9:01:00 AM
From: Cory Snyder
Subject: Grandparents bed

Hello! We are producing Willy Wonka and I was wondering if anyone has any great ideas for how to build or create the grandparents bed in the Bucket Shack, that may be  more open to the audience than it is in the movie? Thanks for any info!

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So I'm our production our grandparents stood in between a headboard and a footboard that I found. Here's a picture of us putting the pieces together. It worked out really nicely. 

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Jodi Hazuka
Troupe Director
Omaha Bryan Senior High School
NE
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-23-2022 09:01
From: Cory Snyder
Subject: Grandparents bed

Hello! We are producing Willy Wonka and I was wondering if anyone has any great ideas for how to build or create the grandparents bed in the Bucket Shack, that may be  more open to the audience than it is in the movie? Thanks for any info!

HI.  This was our solution for the bed.
The headboard was attached to a moveable flat.  The pillows were also attached to the headboard.  The actors were actually sitting on a bench.  The footboard was freestanding with the bedspread attached, so the actors pulled it up to look like they were laying in bed.  A very quick and easy set change.

If needed for other scenes, the footboard can be a reversible bench with the bedspread removed.

Break a leg.
Robert Laconi

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Robert Laconi
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-23-2022 09:01
From: Cory Snyder
Subject: Grandparents bed

Hello! We are producing Willy Wonka and I was wondering if anyone has any great ideas for how to build or create the grandparents bed in the Bucket Shack, that may be  more open to the audience than it is in the movie? Thanks for any info!

Original Message:
Sent: 4/28/2022 1:43:00 PM
From: Robert Laconi
Subject: RE: Grandparents bed

HI.  This was our solution for the bed.
The headboard was attached to a moveable flat.  The pillows were also attached to the headboard.  The actors were actually sitting on a bench.  The footboard was freestanding with the bedspread attached, so the actors pulled it up to look like they were laying in bed.  A very quick and easy set change.

If needed for other scenes, the footboard can be a reversible bench with the bedspread removed.

Break a leg.
Robert Laconi

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Robert Laconi
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-23-2022 09:01
From: Cory Snyder
Subject: Grandparents bed

Hello! We are producing Willy Wonka and I was wondering if anyone has any great ideas for how to build or create the grandparents bed in the Bucket Shack, that may be  more open to the audience than it is in the movie? Thanks for any info!