Producing "Little Shop of Horrors"?  Rent our set of Audrey II puppets!

We have an amazing set of Audrey II puppets available for rental.  Lots of information is listed below, but feel free to contact us for further information!

The Cost: The complete set of 4 Audrey II puppets, dead costumes, and extra vines and grabbers rent for $1300 for 3 weeks.  You may add on extra weeks for an additional $300/week.

Getting the Puppets: Audrey II lives in Galena, IL (the very NW corner of IL) and you are responsible for providing transport both ways.  Keep in mind that the biggest Audrey is VERY big.  You will need a large truck or van to haul her and it takes two people to lift her.  We can usually provide one lifter. WE DO NOT SHIP OUR AUDREYS! Shipping is crazy expensive and no company wants to do it because she is weird and big. If no one from your organization wants to take a road trip to Galena, IL…twice….this isn’t the Audrey for you.

What is she made of?  Is she good quality?  Is she in good shape?  Audrey is made of polystyrene insulation foam, layered and joined with Liquid Nail, covered with glue, cheesecloth, and Mod Podge, and then painted with latex paint.  Audrey was built in 2009 to professional standards and is very good quality.  She has been rented numerous times but has never been seriously damaged and is completely restored after each rental.  She is in great shape!

Included in your rental: 

-Audrey II version 1 is a small pod in a plastic flower pot with a hole in the bottom for the puppeteer's arm to go through (necessitates a hole in your window seat), and leaf-wilting mechanism controlled by Seymour.

-Audrey II version 2 includes a medium-sized jacket with fake arm, attached to larger plastic flower pot with hole in the side for Seymour's arm to go through to control Audrey II's movements.  The pod can sit down in the pot or extend itself out to dance (see fuzzy picture below).

-Audrey II version 3 involves a puppeteer sitting in a large black plastic tub (the flowerpot) on a small yellow chair (unseen) with his head and arm in one half of the pod and his other arm in the other half of the pod.  He is also wearing 'root leggings' so that he can kick his feet in anger.

-Audrey II version 4 is the big one.  A puppeteer stands inside and controls the upper jaw by lifting with his back and arms.  He can also move the lower jaw up and down by pulling on a wire attachment.  Mushnik, Audrey, and Seymour (spoiler alert!) get swallowed up by passing through a flap of red throat fabric.  The puppeteer can wear a backpack frame or football shoulder pads, if needed (not included). We also include 2 grabber arms which are powered by two crew members lying inside.  You can see them in the pictures below.  They are in the brown fabric lying like worms with their arms above their heads holding vine poles that they use to grab Audrey and push her into the plant.

-Quick-change costumes for the dead.  These are bags that go over the body and have sewn-on stems and leaves.  Add our easy-on pod head hat things and you have people turned into plants!

-We also include a bunch of extra vines to add to the Florist's shop as Audrey II takes over the space.

Questions?  Want to know about availability?  Send us an email at contact@playdirecting101.com.