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The final poster, as seen on the program cover and the L.A.B. Productions Instagram.

The first poster concept made by Logan Bauer in OneNote that was sent out on December 12th, 2023. From the beginning, the poster used Bible verses in the background, a massive logo at the top, a simple color scheme, and featured Jesus prominently.

Drew Schlicker's concept idea for the poster, showing Jesus as a performer onstage pointing at a cross. Drawn on December 12th.

More concept art by Logan Bauer drawn in OneNote, this time on January 8th, 2024. It would feature Jesus front-and-center facing a crowd and would have a wooden border and a "featuring" section. This is the beginning of the current design.

This poster, called the "tricolor" poster, was made on January 16th, 2024. It is the first made using Photoshop and much of the final poster was already put into place--the border, the colors, the logos the ticketing information, the featuring section. Much of that remained unchanged through the final. However, this one features a stylized Jesus facing a stage and a cross. The logo is much larger than the current and the "Theater Xavier Presents" is in a different font, and uses the wrong theatre for the context. This poster also has a handful of misspellings: "Magedeline," "Pontious" and "Calaphas."

We inch closer to the final look with this poster, featuring the rays, current look for the logo, the Theatre Xavier information at the top, fixed ticketing information, and music credits. It was finished on February 1st, 2024. The rays look different and Jesus faces a crowd still, though is less stylized. This poster features a QR code and TX logo. The poster was criticized by Dr. Harris as being "like a children's Jesus book."

The photo of Caleb White used as the base for the final poster.

The poster draws close to the final look, with Caleb White being placed front and center as requested by Dr. Harris. This poster was finished on February 6th, 2024. The rays were initially not red, but Dr. Harris asked for them to be changed to stand out more. This would later be changed due to the unintentional similarities to the Japanese Rising Sun flag, which is associated with the Axis Powers in World War II (next image). The legal information has been added at the bottom and the logo changed to blue for the new background. The spelling of Caiaphas has been corrected. Other than the background, this poster seems very close to the final.

The Rising Sun flag.

This poster is essentially the final, made on February 8th, 2024. The background has been altered, as has the logo and outline around Jesus. There still are spelling mistakes in "Pontious" and "Magdeline." This would be the poster used for physical prints and what the shirt was based off of.

The poster posted to the Theatre Xavier Instagram on March 1st featuring the previous design of the poster, the first official unveiling of the poster to the masses.

The square poster made on February 20th for the outside display at St. X. It keeps all the same details from the past poster while making it into a square and making the ticketing information larger, adding a QR code and the TX logo on the sides.

The poster with the spelling of Pontius corrected from February 27th.

The version of the poster used for the program cover, with a wider tan border and fixed spelling of Magdalene. This is what the website version of the poster is based on, and is the final edit made to the poster on March 28th, 2024.

The back of the program designed to use the poster's color scheme. The TX was remade from scratch.

The frame used for the real-life version of the poster seen in the lobby during shows. The logo now goes on the border, being red with a tan backdrop.

The background made for the lobby display, with altered rays.

Logan Bauer standing in the lobby display. Photo taken by Noah Jeffreys.

Andy Tiu in the lobby display with her friends who came to see the show.

The photo of the poster posted to the L.A.B. Productions Instagram, which is the program cover design with the tan extended. Posted on April 27th, 2024 (closing night).

The spread of poster concepts leading up to the final posted to the L.A.B. Productions Instagram on closing night of the show. It features all the concept designs except for the ones just fixing spelling errors, instead jumping straight to the program cover version.

The physical printed poster, made in-house at St. X.

The signed copy of the poster by Logan Bauer, the third of 150 posters as a proof for them. 

The program cover.

The Production Crew members credits in the program.

Logan Bauer's bio for the program, which thanks many people also on the website such as Jason Bauer, Jessica Bauer, Mr. Schreiner and Andrea Tiu. It pokes fun at the shirt mistake and the misspellings made on the poster.

The poster credits in the program.

The back of the program, featuring the TX logo.

The front of the shirt for the show.

The back of the shirt.

The close-up design for the back of the shirt. Jesus is missing an eyebrow, a mistake that was bafflingly not caught by either of the people who made the shirt. The design changes the white to blue, which is namely made obvious in the background.

The negative for the poster used to make the physical posters.

The signing of the posters done in the blackbox theater.