Burns Park Players: Oliver!
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![Burns Park Players: Oliver! | Poster design by Liam White. Burns Park Players: Oliver! | Poster design by Liam White.](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/24.jpg)
Ever since learning about the Burns Park Players in 2003 (when I was blown away by their production of The Music Man), I’ve harbored wishes to design one of their posters. So I was delighted to learn that UM student Liam White’s design for the Oliver! poster featured a portrait of Oliver, and that I would get to take it.
I shot the young actor who played Oliver in my studio using only natural light and a reflector against a black background. Producer Susan Hurwitz rightly felt the images out of the camera were too contemporary looking. Post production work in Photoshop gave the image a more distressed, dramatic look. Liam added the London skyline in his layout. Successful collaboration.
![Burns Park Players: Oliver! | The cast in early rehearsal. Burns Park Players: Oliver! | The cast in early rehearsal.](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/25.jpg)
![Burns Park Players: Oliver! | First and second graders await their cue. Burns Park Players: Oliver! | First and second graders await their cue.](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/26.jpg)
![Burns Park Players: Oliver! | Set Crew Member Geetha Iyer. Burns Park Players: Oliver! | Set Crew Member Geetha Iyer.](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/27.jpg)
![Burns Park Players: Oliver! | Sets in Progress. Burns Park Players: Oliver! | Sets in Progress.](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/28.jpg)
![Burns Park Players: Oliver! | Assistant director Jonathan Parkey works with cast members outside the auditorium. Burns Park Players: Oliver! | Assistant director Jonathan Parkey works with cast members outside the auditorium.](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/29.jpg)
![Burns Park Players: Oliver! | Cast member Fredda Clisham. Burns Park Players: Oliver! | Cast member Fredda Clisham.](http://relish.myraklarman.com/images/30.jpg)
flickr slideshow of my pre-production and production images.
Visit the Burns Park Players website to learn about upcoming produtions.
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