Wicked Witch
How do you make the Wicked Witch “melt” on stage?
We are doing an amateur dramatics performance of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz (of course!) and come up against the problem of the stage direction that says “Witch melts, centre stage”. We don’t have a trap door.
Does anyone have any clever or neat, pref cheap, ways of producing the effect of the witch melting?
Thanks
One possibility would be to make a platform with a trap door in it and a duplicate costume for the witch. See source below for an idea:
You’ll need two similar-looking costumes for the witch, one for most of the show and one “meltdown” costume. Build the meltdown costume with rigid, built-in shoulder pads (think football equipment) and a stuffed hat attached to the dress at the neck — overall this dress should be a little big for the actress. Place the witch on a raised platform (24″ or so) for her final scene. When she gets doused, have two actors hold her arms — they can either be supporting or restraining her depending on how you want to play the scene. What they’re actually holding onto is her sleeves, so that the actress can slip her arms out and duck down through the dress and out a convenient trap door in the platform. All that’s left on stage is an empty dress, a pointy hat, and a broomstick.
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