New Work: Guys & Dolls
posted: 06.01.2010 6:09 PM tags: design, posters
Given a note that the stage production would “focus on lights” I went simple and evocative with a marquee. A little Googling showed that most people went for the dice, or if they did take the lights theme, they went more towards neon & lighted signs.
All these productions of Guys and Dolls over the years, and everyone kept settling on the same thing. So weird. I know originality is dead, but that doesn’t mean you should just regurgitate old ideas ad infinitum. Not saying mine’s original (since originality is dead), but at least it’s different.
New Work: Into the Woods
posted: 10.20.2009 8:58 PM tags: design, posters
Just like with Peter Pan, here I chose to take what is typically given a low-level treatment and class it up, even if it is for a bunch of Shorecrest high school kids. Into the Woods is a musical fairy tale featuring the likes of Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (of Beanstalk fame), Rapunzel and more.
The poster attempts to capture not so much the whimsy of the story, but the genuine drama. Traditional fairy tales, after all, contain some dark subject matter, and this play capitalizes on that.