Sanja Manakoski biography

Sanja Manakoski 

At Writers Theatre: Quixote: On the Conquest of Self

Sanja Manakoski is a Chicago based costume designer. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Costume and Fashion Design from University of Applied Arts and Design in Belgrade, and her Master of Fine Arts in Stage Design from Northwestern University. Before relocating to Chicago, Sanja worked on several theatre and movie productions in Europe such as November Man, In Secret, Chernobyl Diaries, Panama. She is the creator of the fashion label KLASA which received numerous awards on the fashion runaway in Belgrade. Sanja’s costume design for the musical Hair received the ULUPUDS award for Outstanding Costume Design, and were exhibited in the Prague Quadrennial 2015. Sanja teaches costume and make-up design at Northwestern University. Previous designs include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Middletown, The Great Gatsby, Fuente Ovejuna and Danceworks 2017, all at The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center. www.sanjamanakoski.com

[Bio as of August 2017]