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Red mole presents "childhood of a saint"
Late 20th century
Magic theatre
c. 1987

Poster with a wine colored border. Text includes "Nineteen Sixty-seven - Nineteen Eighty-seven / The 20th anniversary Season / Magic Theater...The Vanguard / in America's New Play Movement / Fort...

Brecht on Brecht
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black ink on paper. A mirrored image of a man with his hand on his chin fills the page. "Brecht on Brecht" is printed across the bottom of the page.

Troupers: The San Francisco Mime Troupe
1985

Poster has a white background with black and red text. In the center is an drawing of three faces, one of them looks like a police officer wearing sunglasses. The image is bordered by a triangular...

Untitled
1975

Poster printed with black, yellow, blue, and orange ink on white paper. A reproduction of a linocut image shows a black rectangular border with rounded corners and a think bottom side. "The...

North Beach Repertory Presents Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Black and white poster shows a man in a suit and tie standing inside a building with his arm raised in a fist. The man stands in front of a group of people, also with their arms raised in a fist...

Don't Copy That Floppy
1992

Poster has black and white background with white and red text. Main image is of a floppy disc pirate pointing at the viewer. Poster reads, "don't copy that floppy." Bottom text with the black...

Berkeley Renaissance
1993

Poster printed with black ink on salmon-colored paper. Text at top reads, "'Country' Joe McDonald and The Berkeley Historical Society present in Berkeley / Berkeley Renaissance / A Reunion...

circa 1982

Black and white poster shows an image of a bald eagle that fills the center of the page. A person's arm is visible at lower right grasping a large open safety pin that pierces the eagle'...

San Francisco Mime Troupe's City for Sale
1999

Poster printed with black and red ink on white glossy paper. A graphic of a black cloud with lightning bolts appears at top. A telephone pole with multiple nails and paper fliers extends through...

San Francisco Mime Troupe's City for Sale
1999

Poster printed with black and red ink on white glossy paper. A graphic of a black cloud with lightning bolts appears at top. A telephone pole with multiple nails and paper fliers extends through...

Song of the Lusitanian Bogey
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black, red, and green ink on white paper. "Laney Theater Arts Presents / An epic experience / Song of the Lusitanian Bogey / a play by Peters Weiss (author of MARAT\\SADE)"...

1975

 

Multi-color poster contains a red page border that has inverted corners on the bottom and an arched section on top.  Yellow text at top reads, "Pickle Family Circus....
Our Country's Good
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black, blue, and red ink on white paper. A background of white curvy stripes on blue fills the page. Black text at top reads, "The UC Berkeley Center for Theater Arts...

1969

Black and white poster shows a drawing of a man at center left. Large text across the top of the page reads, "Is Jack London a Square?" Smaller text continues opposite the graphic at...

circa 1980

Poster printed with black, red, and yellow ink on white paper. A red and black line border frames the page. A graphic of a clown in a yellow jacket, black bowler hat, cane, and large shoes...

The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black ink on paper. "Bay Area Youth Theatre Company" is printed above a single line page border. Text aligned at top left within the border reads, "The / Caucasian / Chalk /...

Ever Since Felix Moved to New Zealand
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black and red ink on white paper. A graphic fills the page of a soldier walking on a road toward a city. The soldier appears with his back facing the viewer at lower left....

Cheap Art Manifesto No 4: 10 Purposes of Cheap ART
1985

Poster has a white background with black text. In the center is an indistinguishable image in the middle of the list. Poster reads, "Cheap Art Manifesto No. 4/ 10 purposes of Cheap ART." List...

Don Juan, or the Love of Geometry
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Multi-color poster shows a reproduction of Giorgio de Chirico's painting "Hector and Andromache," of two surrealist figures standing together. Text overlapping a red horizontal band across the...

Art Show
1968

Poster printed with text in white ink and graphics in brown ink on red paper. "Art Show" appears at top right. An image of multiple geometric shapes appears at center. Text continues at bottom...

Soon 3, Veer Plasma Lagoon
1989

Double-sided poster originally folded in thirds for mailing printed with red and black ink on white paper. A large red cone shape with a flat top appears on the left side of the page. "Soon / 3...

The Exception and the Rule
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with purple ink on yellow paper. A graphic of a person carrying a large sack up a hill fills the page except for a yellow band across the bottom of the poster. The person appears...

Meet the Grandaddy of Rap
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with yellow and black ink on white paper. A large image of William Shakespeare on a yellow background fills the upper three-quarters of the page. Shakespeare's arms are crossed...

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