Costume Design for Stage and Screen
6-weeks | Registration closed 9/1/2024
This class will explore the process of costuming a show from script to final production, what a designer does and how costumes are constructed. We will also cover the history of costume on the stage from classic Greek theater through Shakespeare’s time to the present day. For film costume we will look at the reciprocal influences between Fashion and Hollywood. The final class will be a fun look back at iconic movie costumes.
David Roberts
David Roberts is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz. In 1972 he moved to New York to pursue a career in theatrical costumes. He worked at the Metropolitan Opera for three seasons; he also designed and worked at Boston Opera, Washington Opera, San Diego Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, the Glimmerglass Festival, Philadelphia Drama Guild and Marin Civic Ballet. He worked for twelve years in the Jim Henson Muppet Workshop. He has taught History of Fashion at Marist, and at FIT. He also taught at Montclair State University in New Jersey. He has lectured for Vassar LLI and for Marist CLS.