Whitney Locher

Costume designer

Whitney Locher
  • Upcoming performances
    • SHREK A musical for the young audience based on the DreamWorks Animation
    • SHREK A musical for the young audience based on the DreamWorks Animation
    • SHREK the Musical TYA A musical for the young audience based on the DreamWorks Animation - Circus Balkanski
    • SHREK A musical for the young audience based on the DreamWorks Animation
    • The sound of music Musical - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
    • The sound of music Musical - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
    • THE SOUND OF MUSIC Musical - Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

Biography

With nearly 200 design credits and a host of new shows in production, Whitney Locher has become the costume designer of choice for many of the theater world's most innovative productions. She recently designed Shrek: The Musical for the Sofia National Opera and Ballet in Bulgaria, the National Tour of Into The Woods, and served as the Associate Costume Designer for the US tour of Love Never Dies.

Whitney’s shows have won Obie, Off-Broadway Alliance, Helen Hayes, Lucille Lortel, and Craig Noel awards. She has also won the New York Musical Festival Best Overall Design award twice.

Whitney is currently the Assistant Professor of Costume Design at Oakland University.

Companies Whitney has designed for include: Roundabout Theatre Company, Irish Rep, Fiasco Theater, New York Musical Festival, Partial Comfort Productions, Prospect Theatre Company, On Site Opera, Theatre For A New Audience, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Hartford Stage, Cleveland Play House, Weston Playhouse, Kansas City Rep, McCarter Theatre, The Old Globe, Folger Theatre, and Long Wharf Theatre.

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