MFA
Costume
Makeup, & Wig Designer
Assistant Professor of Theatre, Costume Design
she/her
Filipino-American
Before coming to Wichita State, Sarah served as Theatre Design and Production Faculty
at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas. She has also served as a resident
designer and taught design for both Bethel University in Mishawaka, In, and Taylor
University.
Her myriad of work includes theatre (including Indiana Repertory Theatre, Notre Dame
Shakespeare Festival, Merry-Go-Round Playhouse) opera (Sarasota Opera, Virginia Opera,
Cincinnati Opera, and Chautauqua Opera, among others) as well as Film and Video.
Her recent designs include Raisin in the Sun (Indiana Repertory Theatre), A Gentleman’s
Guide to Love and Murder (The 574 Theatre Company) The Imaginary Invalid (Notre Dame
Department of Theatre), The Drowsy Chaperone (Bethel University, IN), and Metamorphoses
(Taylor University). She also served as Key Makeup for Silk Trees (Evermore Pictures),
as well as Evaluating Kaitly, and 177, award-winning short films with Runaway Pen
Productions. She has also worked with the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival since 2014
as either the resident wig & makeup designer and/or costume craftsperson.
She received her B.A. in Liberal Studies (Theatre, Literature, Writing) from Bethel
College (now University) in Mishawaka, IN, and her M.F.A in Design & Production from
the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), University of Cincinnati (where she focused
on makeup/wig design and wig making.)