Detail from the infographic I designed called “We’ll Always Have Casablanca.”
WCHS Arts
I greatly enjoy designing theatre production posters and gladly designed the posters for five WCHS Arts productions.
The poster for You Can’t Take it With You is an original illustration. Using the Victorian home of the play’s setting as a starting point, I incorporated the show’s title throughout the house. Sprinkled among the letters are references to the characters’ passions—their pet snakes, and homemade fireworks.
The following year saw performances of an early Sondheim musical called A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. This one was slightly anachronistic; the musical’s tone borrows from Vaudevillian themes, but the action is set in ancient Rome. With my poster design, I set out to reflect the slapstick humor while paying homage to the setting.
The next show continued the trend of anachronistic inspirations. It was a production of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost, but this version was set in the 1990s. Per the director’s wishes, the poster design leaned heavily into the ‘90s nostalgia, particularly Saved by the Bell.
The year after that, I designed a poster for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. To play up the importance of the technicolor part, I chose a black background to contrast the rainbow graphic.
My last project was for a performance of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Being a drama, this poster needed a more serious look than my previous designs. I accomplished this by incorporating old-style typography and religious overtones to match the setting of the Salem Witch Trials of Puritan times. The one bright color in the design is red. Red represents passion, danger, violence, aggression, and sexuality, all themes that drive the actions of the characters.