Sonya Berlovitz

Costume designer, Amerika. A.R.T. : Costumes for The Miser. Has been designing costumes for twenty-four years, primarily for Theatre de la Jeune Lune. Since 1980 she has designed over forty of their productions, including Carmen, Hamlet, Così fan tutte, The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro, Medea, and Tartuffe. Several productions at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, including Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories, three seasons at the Children's Theatre, and Triumph of Love at the Guthrie Theater. Graduate of both La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1991 to 1992 worked as a textile specialist for Yohji Yamamoto, international fashion designer. Recipient of numerous awards and grants, including Best Costume Designer in Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine (2003) and the 2000 Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Costume Design Award.