Community Theater Green Room Discussion Board: Prop Banana Peels Needed

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cestdiva
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Topic: Prop Banana Peels Needed - STAT!
Posted: 7/21/10 at 3:41pm

Hi!

My theater's production of Moonlight & Magnolias is swiftly approaching and we need a large amount of fake banana peels. Certainly, real ones would do the trick, but the mess and expense are daunting.

Does anyone have any fake banana peels on hand or know of a resource?

Thanks!
Cecily

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Posted: 7/30/10 at 10:21am

I'm unfamiliar with the show- how are they used? do they get stepped on? what's the gag?

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Posted: 8/09/10 at 11:54am

Probably too late but you could get some material, maybe even something like pleather (fake leather) and using a real peeled banana skin for a pattern, cut out strips of skin and then tie one end of them together with thread or brown duct tape and make sure to use some brown paint to age the skins a little. I think they should look pretty realistic and be far less messy.

What did you end up using?

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Posted: 8/11/10 at 3:40am

Gelcat, it's a comedy about how David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht and Victor Fleming wrote the screenplay to "Gone With The Wind" while locked in a room for 5 days with nothing to eat but peanuts and bananas. My husband and I spent several hours hulling peanuts (and my thumbs STILL hurt!). :-)

Theatermama, that's exactly what I did on Sunday! I found some inexpensive vinyl and traced a real banana skin split into 3 sections. Then, I followed these steps:
Cut out 40 of each of 3 strips
Hot glued the pieces together at the "stem"
Drew lines on the inside of each strip with a brown Sharpie
Used masking tape to make stems
Filled the top of the stems with hot glue to make a solid surface

They weren't reading very banana-ish last night, so I spray painted them a more vivid yellow today and that did the trick. Tomorrow I get to do some aging (half of them are going to be pretty black) for our photo call. Woo-hoo!

Edited by cestdiva - 8/11/10 at 3:41am

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Posted: 8/11/10 at 9:48am

Cool - I am glad it is working for you. Sounds like an interesting and funny play.

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Posted: 8/16/10 at 1:24pm

Ah - yep, I think you took the right direction with those too!

have a great run!

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cestdiva Walk-On Joined: 5/10/10 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: Prop Banana Peels Needed - STAT! Posted: 7/21/10 at 3:41pm
	Hi! My theater's production of Moonlight & Magnolias is swiftly approaching and we need a large amount of fake banana peels. Certainly, real ones would do the trick, but the mess and expense are daunting. Does anyone have any fake banana peels on hand or know of a resource? Thanks! Cecily
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gelcat Celebrity Joined: 6/12/09 Online Status: Offline Posts: 106	Posted: 7/30/10 at 10:21am
	I'm unfamiliar with the show- how are they used? do they get stepped on? what's the gag?
	www.actorsguildonline.org Actors Guild of Parkersburg Parkersburg, WV
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Theatermama Star Joined: 7/23/10 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 60	Posted: 8/09/10 at 11:54am
	Probably too late but you could get some material, maybe even something like pleather (fake leather) and using a real peeled banana skin for a pattern, cut out strips of skin and then tie one end of them together with thread or brown duct tape and make sure to use some brown paint to age the skins a little. I think they should look pretty realistic and be far less messy. What did you end up using?
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cestdiva Walk-On Joined: 5/10/10 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Posted: 8/11/10 at 3:40am
	Gelcat, it's a comedy about how David O. Selznick, Ben Hecht and Victor Fleming wrote the screenplay to "Gone With The Wind" while locked in a room for 5 days with nothing to eat but peanuts and bananas. My husband and I spent several hours hulling peanuts (and my thumbs STILL hurt!). :-) Theatermama, that's exactly what I did on Sunday! I found some inexpensive vinyl and traced a real banana skin split into 3 sections. Then, I followed these steps: Cut out 40 of each of 3 strips Hot glued the pieces together at the "stem" Drew lines on the inside of each strip with a brown Sharpie Used masking tape to make stems Filled the top of the stems with hot glue to make a solid surface They weren't reading very banana-ish last night, so I spray painted them a more vivid yellow today and that did the trick. Tomorrow I get to do some aging (half of them are going to be pretty black) for our photo call. Woo-hoo! Edited by cestdiva - 8/11/10 at 3:41am
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Theatermama Star Joined: 7/23/10 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 60	Posted: 8/11/10 at 9:48am
	Cool - I am glad it is working for you. Sounds like an interesting and funny play.
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gelcat Celebrity Joined: 6/12/09 Online Status: Offline Posts: 106	Posted: 8/16/10 at 1:24pm
	Ah - yep, I think you took the right direction with those too! have a great run!
	www.actorsguildonline.org Actors Guild of Parkersburg Parkersburg, WV
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