comedy

Culture Clash
1985

 

Poster has a gray background overall. Top edge has a small black rectangle with the text: "Comedy Troupe". Center of poster has a black and pink photograph of four...
Barc in the Park Festival
1987

Poster has a red printed background with yellow text and a stylized image of dogs barking at a figure at the bottom of the poster. At the top left is "Barc / in the / Park / Festival / an...

Oppression: A Dance-Comedy
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on white paper. At the top is "Feet First presents / the second in the Human Nature series" with a stylized image of a crow. Beneath the text is a stylized...

Nobody for President
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on blue paper. At the top is "Nobody / For President / An Evening Of Delightful Comedy / And Dance Music". At the center are the names and images of the performers,...

Nobody for President
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has black ink printed on yellow paper. At the top is "Nobody / For President / An Evening Of Delightful Comedy / And Dance Music". At the center are the names and images of the performers,...

Behind Every Terrorist There is a Bush
2004

Poster has a red graphic printed background. At the top is "a benefit for the Inernational Inquiry into 9-11 / Behind Every Terrorist / There Is A Bush / an evening of comedy, music, / a...

Fighting Clowns
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Top of poster has a multicolor stylized image of a crowd of clowns in turbans fighting with gag weapons. A large clown in red, white and blue stands taller than the rest, shooting a gag gun with a...

Comic Relief
Late 20th Early 21st Century

This poster advertises a "Live!" comedy show with "Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams" called "Comic / Relief / V" and "Presented by HBO & CERTS". There is a photograph of the...

One Day In The Life
2000

Poster has yellow, red and black ink printed on white paper. Background is a yellow image. At the top is "Alfred Williamson Associates And Recovery Theater / proudly presents / the baddest play in...

Lawd Ha' Mercy
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a black printed background. Across the top is "Morris Day - Jerome Benton / David Whitfield - musical director Edwin Hawkins / in" in white and red, "David E. Talbert''s" in orange and...

Black Comedy Competition
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has a black background at the top that transitions into gray and then purple at the bottom. At the top is [Budweiser logo] & [California Lottery logo] / Presents The" in white "7th...

The Visit
Late 20th Early 21st Century

Poster has white unprinted edges enclosing a black background. At the top is the face of a man in a hat in a larger white circle. On the hat is "The". Below the circle is "Visit" with the "t"...

Fool's Day
1983

Poster has red ink printed on yellow paper with a red and yellow diamond line border all around. At the top is "Make A Fool Of Yourself With Plutonium & Autonomous Productions... / Friday...

Ground Hog Comedy Benefit
1995

Poster has an unprinted white border all around enclosing a light orange background with multicolored text and an image. At the top is "Large Child Productions presents a" in black and "Ground Hog...

The Earth Will Shake at the Final Experience
1983

Poster has an unprinted white border all around enclosing a background that changes from red/orange at the top to yellow to black to green to blue and ending in purple at the bottom.The background...

True Pioneers of Black History
2005

Top of poster has stylized color images of four African American individuals, with each person having two images. At the top left is a man smiling in a football jersey, with a full body action...

Save The Farm
1986

Poster has blue and yellow ink printed on a green background. Centered at the top is a blue and green cornucopia graphic followed by "Save The Farm" in yellow. Below the text is a blue and yellow...

Queen Salmon
1993

This poster includes a blue and white illustration of a large salmon jumping out of the water with people surrounding it. The salmon is pink and wears a crown. "Queen Salmon" appears above the...

1982

Poster with black and blue print on white paper. Black and white image of a man laughing with a microphone in one hand. Text reads " red flag theater presents / comedians / a play / by...

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...

San Francisco Mime Troupe, Comedy for Revolution!
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black, orange, yellow, and green ink on off-white paper. "San Francisco Mime troupe" printed in large black font at top above a multi-color graphic of Uncle Sam with three...

Floundering Father (And Mother Too!)
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black and red ink on tan paper. Text at top reads, "Dell'Arte Presents / The Pure Schmint Players in / Floundering Father (And Mother Too!)." The word "Founding" is printed...

Vibram Soul
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with blue and yellow ink on white paper. A single line with curved corners borders the page. A drawing of a man sitting in a rocking chair on a porch with a mountain landscape in...

Queen Salmon
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Black and white poster contains a graphic of a large fish with a crown jumping out of turbulent water on the upper half of the page. Text above the fish reads, "Queen Salmon." The fish is...

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