Williamstown Theatre Festival 2021 Season

Identity for the Festival’s first season back onstage

  • Web
  • Identity
  • Motion

Williamstown Theatre Festival’s 2021 summer season was the company’s first return to in-person theater since COVID started. No Replica was entering our third year of collaboration with the organization, and we were looking for ways to adapt the classic show-centric key art into something more flexible. We didn’t know what the summer was going to consist of, but we knew it was going to be unlike past seasons and take place completely outdoors.

Our identity for the season embraced this uncertainty. Since the shows were still in development, we placed an emphasis on the locations they would use as their makeshift stages, united with a cohesive typographic language and vibrant color palette. Lastly, we developed a one-of-a-kind digital program that featured each show’s credits as well as incorporated advertising from local businesses.

Our identity for the season highlighted the site-specific locations for each performance.

In a contrast to previous years, the show key art highlighted the organization’s identity moreso than the individual productions.

Promotional reel.

In lieu of traditional print programs, No Replica developed a website that served as a digital program.

Most audience members would see the program on their phones before each production.

Most audience members would see the program on their phones before each production.

The identity centered the word “outside” to reassure audiences of the safety of live theater as well as to embrace the limitations of this year’s festival.

We completed multiple typographic studies before settling on the final design.

Earlier concepts featured a single object/visual to represent each production.

The season’s identity as featured on the marquee outside of the mainstage.

The season’s identity as featured on the marquee outside of the mainstage.

The season’s identity as featured on a billboard.

The season’s identity as featured on a billboard.

Prior to the season, No Replica created the marketing materials for the annual Gala. This included the Gala’s invite mailing.

Gala email announcement.

More projects

More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects More projects
Get in touch ↗