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PROPS: Food- Dip substitute?
« on: Jul 06, 2014, 03:54 pm »
Hello!

I could use some advice regarding food on stage.  I'm doing Oohrah! (Bekah Brustetter) and we are trying to stay true to the script which calls for one of the characters to drop a bowl of dip onstage.  He will be dropping it upstage so it is out of everyones way, but it is going to stay spilled until the end of the show - which is about 20 minutes under lights.  I need something that won't splatter or splash, stain, or cause the floor to be sticky.  We thought about sour cream but that was the best idea we had.  Does anyone else have ideas of what we could use?  It doesn't need to be edible, but represent a party dip of some sort and hopefully be cheap in price.  Thank you so very much!

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Re: FOOD: Dip
« Reply #1 on: Jul 06, 2014, 04:12 pm »
Shaving cream?

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Re: PROPS: Food- Dip substitute?
« Reply #2 on: Jul 06, 2014, 04:38 pm »
Won't shaving cream turn really runny after 20 minutes? I had real problems with it 'collapsing' fairly quickly.

Does the bowl break? No matter what you use, a liquid will always splatter - unless it's really thick, but then it will look fake. How about cake icing? You can play with the consistency until it works for you, colour it, etc.

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Re: PROPS: Food- Dip substitute?
« Reply #3 on: Jul 06, 2014, 04:44 pm »
Won't shaving cream turn really runny after 20 minutes? I had real problems with it 'collapsing' fairly quickly.

Does the bowl break? No matter what you use, a liquid will always splatter - unless it's really thick, but then it will look fake. How about cake icing? You can play with the consistency until it works for you, colour it, etc.

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The bowl doesn't break - it's a flexible plastic dollar store style bowl.
Ooo cake icing actually isn't a bad idea?
We thought about shaving cream but afraid it would collapse - thought the same about whip cream.
When it's in the bowl it isn't seen very easily so I was thinking I could just line the bowl with whatever it is - that will also prevent a splash effect - but I would need to play with it to figure out how much.

Any other thoughts?
Thanks you guys!

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Re: PROPS: Food- Dip substitute?
« Reply #4 on: Jul 06, 2014, 09:16 pm »
We recently had another white dip related thread that may have some ideas: http://smnetwork.org/forum/stage-management-plays-musicals/props-non-dairy-stage-dip/

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Re: PROPS: Food- Dip substitute?
« Reply #5 on: Jul 06, 2014, 09:51 pm »
We recently had another white dip related thread that may have some ideas: http://smnetwork.org/forum/stage-management-plays-musicals/props-non-dairy-stage-dip/

Thank you - my search skills failed me earlier.

 

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