theatrical play

Beijing Legends
1990

Poster printed with black, green, and red ink on cream-colored paper. A large image of a jacket on a wire hanger appears at center on a wall with overlapping papers showing Chinese text. A red...

Beijing Legends
1990

Poster printed with black, green, and red ink on cream-colored paper. A large image of a jacket on a wire hanger appears at center on a wall with overlapping papers showing Chinese text. A red...

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.

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...

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)"...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Mother Courage and her Children
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with yellow, red, and black ink on white paper. Text aligned at top left reads, "Shotgun Players present / FREE! / Mother Courage and her Children / By Bertolt Brecht / TransLated...

Antigone, Break the Law
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black and red ink on white paper. "Break the Law" is printed in large white capital letters along the left side of the page in a vertical black rectangle. Text aligned at...

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...

All Men are Whores, The Shawl
1993

Poster printed with black ink on white paper colored brown. A single line borders the page, and the Shotgun Players logo appears at top. Text reads, "Shotgun Players / Present / All Men are...

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...

True West
1983

Poster printed with blue and pink ink on white paper. Small text at top reads, "Mendocino Performing Arts Company" and continues in large white font outlined in pink, "True West." An image of a...

From Silver to Gold, an Original Musical / Signed Play
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with a dark blue background and metallic gold text and graphics on white paper. A gold outer border frames a background patterned with stars and planets. A figure in a hooded robe...

The Ballad of Dangerous George
c. 1974
Poster printed with black ink on white paper.  A graphic of a bird with its wings outstretched and one foot shackled to a ball and chain appears diagonally on the page from lower left to...
Inquest
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed with black and red ink on yellow paper. "INQUEST" is printed in red at top center above an image of a man and a woman wearing coats in front of a chain link fence. "N.Y.P.D."...

Holly Near, Fire in the Rain, Singer in the Storm
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Multi-color poster contains a photograph of a woman with curly red hair who is sitting on a trunk with her arms outstretched. She wears a dark top and pants with a yellow scarf, and she holds a...

Dante
Late 20th - Early 21st Century

Poster printed in black ink on neon orange paper. A graphic of a man seen from the waist up with his back facing the viewer and his head turned to the left is centered on the upper half of the...

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