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 Dinosaur
Babies (School Show)
Premiering at The Smithsonian Institution’s Discovery
Theater in October of 1984, the DinoRockers have toured all
over the lower 48 with huge body puppets and award -winning
music, first with Dinosaur Rock, then with The
Great Dinosaur Mystery and Dinosaurs Forever!
With dinosaur puppets 12 feet long, 6 feet wide and 16 feet
high, the troupe has always appreciated the irony that the
most popular characters in their shows are the babies. They
decided “why fight it”; and developed a show all about baby
dinosaurs.
Dinosaur Babies makes
the very real connection between dinosaur babies and human
babies. After all “we all started as babies.” After meeting
a human baby (a large hand puppet named Emma), the audience
is introduced to:
- Danny Diplodocus
- He’s a tiny little baby with a great big mama.
- Doris the
Stegosaurus - “She’s not even 2 but she knows what
to do.
I’m Just Followin’ Mom.”
- QE, The
Quetzalcoatlus Kid - The only flying reptile baby in
the show
- Mama Maiasaura -
“You can’t have a show about babies without a Mama!”
- Sam the Triceratops
- who wants to grow up to be just like his dad
- Big Bad Baby Rex
- “My favorite food is meat, meat, meat.”
Each baby has their own tale
to tell as they introduce concepts such as what fossils tell
us about the natural world, instinctive behavior, geography
and how babies (all babies) relate to their world.
Puppets- rod, hand, marionette and full body
Music- waltz, rockabilly, swing, texmex and ragtime.
Style- interactive.
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Company Size:
Maximum Audience: |
2 performers
600
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Load-in: |
2.5 hours before house
opening
2 people to help unload
Parking space for 30 ft. truck needed
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Minimum Stage
Requirements: |
Depth: 18 ft
Width: 25 ft
Height: 12 ft
Access to audience from front of stage is
essential
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Tech Support: |
1 lighting technician
1 sound technician
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Set: |
One puppet booth (2 ft
by 4 ft by 40 in high)
One marionette bridge (max. 8 ft by 2.5 ft)
Set pieces are placed on either side of the stage:
one stage right and one stage left.
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Lighting: |
Bright wash over the
entire playing area
2 specials (time permitting)
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Sound: |
We prefer to plug into
existing house system in conjunction with company's
8 Shure UC wireless transmitters and receivers:
3 vocal microphones (Countryman)
2 transmitter pacs plug directly into 3 guitars, one
electric and two acoustic
1 wireless mic attached to banjo
We do need monitors, preferably 2 - downstage left
and right.
Note: Our sound system is always in the truck, so it
is available for use in halls when needed.
Including:
1.) Crown 120 amp
2.) Mackie CR 1604 mixer
3.) 2 Klipsch speakers
4.) 2 EV monitor speakers
5.) All necessary cords, stands, and adaptors
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Instruments: |
Rain Song
Acoustic/Electric Guitar
Telecaster Electric
Takamine Acoustic Guitar
Plectrum Banjo
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General: |
2 Dressing rooms with
toilet facilities
Plenty of cool drinking water, please
When load-in or shows span a mealtime, a meal is
requested
(Please avoid fried foods and dairy)
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