The Scarlet Letter, based on the Novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, adapted for stage by Kelli Tatum and Mary Finnerty. It was produced by The Refreshment Committee, performed at the Seventh Place Theater, directed by Mary Finnerty. The play centers around Hester Prynne who has given birth out of wedlock and is forced wear a scarlet “A” for adulteress and treated as an outcast. Hester devotes her life to helping others and eventually the “A” comes to stand for angel.

I photographed cast members and used words beginning with the letter “A” to highlight the theme of how people are treated as outcasts. I printed the images almost life-size on canvas using Liquid Light and sewed on a decorative letter “A” to reflect Hester’s choice to embellish the letter she was forced to wear. The rest of the words were stenciled in army green lettering.

These images hung in the lobby and served as a visual prelude to the play.