The final act of The Garden of Martyrs, a new opera by composer Eric Sawyer and librettist Harley Erdman, is premiering June 24th in Northampton, Massachusetts. This is a free workshop performance and it will be followed by a conversation with the composer, librettist, and Kevin Rhodes, the conductor. The third act wraps up the fiery drama of an early-19th-century community that executes two strangers wrongly accused of a murder.

We designed and illustrated the poster, drawing on period typography and motifs, especially early New England headstones, which are fantastic.