Overview
Sarah Eckert Bernstein has been the Resident Costume Designer at the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts since the fall of 2001. She is a Senior Lecturer in costume design and history at the Department of Performing and Media Arts. Ms. Bernstein is a graduate of the Theatre School at DePaul University (founded as the Goodman School of Drama) and the Yale School of Drama.
Research Focus
- Historic costume
- Dress in a social context
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Courses - Fall 2025
- PMA 1610 : Production Technology Laboratory
- PMA 2610 : Production Crew Laboratory
- PMA 3000 : Independent Study
- PMA 3610 : Creative Apprenticeship
- PMA 3614 : Creative Character Design
- PMA 3616 : The Body of Fashion: A Head-to-Toe Journey through the History of Western Dress