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Goshen College: Much Ado About Nothing

The Team: Eric

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This Goshen College production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing was a playful, rowdy, sports-themed joy of a play. The entire production was based around games, rules and obstacles for the actors. We worked closely with the director and other designers, sitting in on rehearsals and taking part in the games. The final design was based on cut-out strips from costume and set design samples reassembled to create the lead lovers of the play. The layout and typography reflected interesting and unconventional uses of space. Like the show, the posters and programs that we designed were heavily influenced by the rehearsal process and unknowing input of actors, designers and everyone else that added to the rehearsal atmosphere.

New World Arts Advertisement

The Team: Hannah

New World Arts advertisement

New World Arts is an alternative theatre company in northern Indiana. In 2005, they asked us to design an advertisement for their mainstage season.

New World Arts: Mineola Twins

The Team: Hannah

Mineola Twins poster

New World Arts is an alternative theatre company in northern Indiana. When New Works Studio collaborated with them to produce Paula Vogel’s Mineola Twins in 2005, we designed the publicity posters for the show.

Goshen College: A Plague of Angels

The Team: Eric

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“A Plague of Angels” was a new play about Typhoid Mary, a woman who became a symbol of the typhoid epidemic after infecting many families for whom she worked. It was a grand and magical production, with many layers. The posters and programs reflected the heavy, saturated nature of the shows design, with layers of color and photographic images out of science, history and the production itself.