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Designs & Illustrations

Plague Play

Does violence simply beget more violence? Aaron discovers his body is simply a vessel to destroy a civilization. Supernatural disasters ravage his oppressors, as well as his own body, mind, and soul. His little brother Moses is able to see what is to come...and it's not very pretty. They are frightened, they are emboldened, and they have no idea what they're actually doing. An adaptation of the Book of Exodus: Chapters 7-11.

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Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night is re-imagined as a wealthy, timeless, and endless party, with characters whose strife is detached from reality, and comedic moments derived from their mischief. Sabrina's costumes created a deliciously playful atmosphere of candy-like colors.

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Wrought

In collaboration with dancer Charlotte Aucella and choreographer Netta Yerushalmy Sabrina designed and built this original leotard for Charlotte's Senior Solo for the Conservatory of Dance, Purchase College, SUNY.

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Cyrano de Bergerac

In this modern version of Cyrano de Bergerac, Martin Crimp translates the tale of unrequited love into the 21st century. The androgynous costumes and active setting in a skatepark add a contemporary touch to the classic story of both comedy and tragedy.

We Are Proud to Present...

This unique story forces the audience to reconsider their role in oppression and racism and to reflect on the not so unique history that has brought us to this point. It shows us that without constant education, conversation, and collective movement we can see those horrors of the past, again.

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Santa Fe Opera  Apprentice Scenes

Sabrina designed costumes for two Apprentice Scenes for an end-of-season revue, collaborating with experienced opera directors, singers, and first hands to create elaborate costumes. Examples of these costumes can be seen below.

Der Rosenkavalier

Costume Design | Sabrina Ehrnstein

First Hand | April Maytorena

Wigs & Make-Up Design | Sophie Lin

Lighting Design | Ciara McAloon

Conductor | Leslie Dala

Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson

Pianist | Glenn Lewis

Murrella Parton | Marschallin • Emilie Kealani | Sophie von Faninal

Kathleen Felty | Octavian • Erik Grendahl | Herr von Faninal

Suor Angelica

Costume Design | Sabrina Ehrnstein

First Hand | Chloe Levy

Wigs & Make-Up Design | Colin Jeffrey

Lighting Design | Janelle Klos

Conductor | Zoe Zeniodi

Stage Director | Kathleen Clawson

Pianist | John Arida

Ardeen Pierre | Sister Angelica • Lauren Decker | Zia Principessa

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Plague Play

Plague Play is an intimate piece focused on the plagues of Egypt cast by the ever-pessimist Aaron and his future-seeing brother Moses on to the pharaoh. Along with their sister Miriam and Moses' wife Tzipporah, they watch the plagues outright destroy their community but struggle with the hazard it has on the people they want to protect. This is a play about a family waiting for the light to finally shine through the darkness, while not realizing they are part of the group that turned off the lights.

Plague Play

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night is re-imagined as a wealthy, timeless, and endless party, with characters whose strife is detached from reality, and comedic moments derived from their mischief. Sabrina's costumes created a deliciously playful atmosphere of candy-like colors.

Twelfth Night

Wrought

In collaboration with dancer Charlotte Aucella and choreographer Netta Yerushalmy Sabrina designed and built this original leotard for Charlotte's Senior Solo for the Conservatory of Dance, Purchase College, SUNY.

Wrought

Cyrano de Bergerac

The classic tale of unrequited "love" as told through prose is translated into the 21st century by Martin Crimp and the androgynous costumes which where set in the active space of a skatepark for this modern rendition of the comedy and tragedy of Cyrano de Bergerac.



Cyrano de Bergerac

We Are Proud to Present...

This unique story forces the audience to reconsider their role in oppression and racism and to reflect on the not so unique history that has brought us to this point. It shows us that without constant education, conversation, and collective movement we can see those horrors of the past, again.



We Are Proud to Present...

The Oresteia

For "The Oresteia," a three-part play exploring fate and justice, Sabrina’s costume designs vividly differentiate the human and divine realms. Their use of soft drapery for humans and sleek, geometric lines for gods enhances the storytelling and emphasizes the play's dramatic themes.

The Oresteia

The Cunning Little Vixen

Sabrina’s costume designs for Leoš Janáček's "The Cunning Little Vixen" use swatches of patterned and textured fabrics to define human and animal roles, enhancing the opera’s themes of nature and the human-animal relationship.

The Cunning Little Vixen

Magic Pomegranate

Sabrina explored the traditional dress of diverse cultures that showcase Jewish identity worldwide. The focus was on Mizrahi, Sephardic, Yemenite, and Ashkenazi Jews, whose identities are rooted in the diaspora.

Magic Pomegranate

Intimate Apparel

Intimate Apparel is a story of five people who love a seamstress for the beauty of the things she creates with her love, for others.

Intimate Apparel

Noises Off!

This play within a play was designed with sourcing collages for the modern "actors" and technical staff creating the play Nothing On which is designed with digital renderings and set in the 1980s.

Noises Off!

Amadeus

The play is set in Salieri's deteriorating mind, showing his changing self-image over time. The design reflects this with cracking paint (in 1781), visible canvas (in 1791), and exaggerated, colorful strokes (in 1823), balancing historical accuracy with a distorted perspective.

Amadeus

Othello

This project was a collaboration with Fernanda Oliveira, a Ballerina at the Philadelphia Ballet. In the role of director she responded to Sabrina’s ideas and made decisions and suggestions throughout the process.

Othello

Clybourne Park

Clybourne Park was written by Bruce Norris based off of Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun.

Clybourne Park

Lear

These designs inspired the final production of Lear at Town Hall Arts Center which featured a cast of genderdiverse actors.

Lear

Jane Eyre

Sabrina chose to design Jane Eyre in 1896 when they designed it for an individual event at Colorado Thescon because the bicycle became popular among women at the turn of the century.

Jane Eyre

Madagascar

Sabrina Co-designed the costumes for this junior musical with a limited stock and an even smaller budget. They found imaginative ways to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary earning an award from the company for their work.

Madagascar
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