Santo Loquasto

Loquasto, Santo (b. 1944), designer. The versatile scenic and costume designer was born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, and attended the local King's College before studying design at Yale. His first professional credits were at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and the Hartford Stage, arriving in New York in 1970 and soon making his reputation for his sets and costumes at the Public Theatre. Loquasto has excelled with both detailed and realistic sets, such as those for That Championship Season (1972), American Buffalo (1982), and Cafe Crown (1988), as well as more suggestive or abstract scenery, as with Sticks and Bones (1971), The Cherry Orchard (1977), Bent (1979), and Grand Hotel (1989). He has also designed costumes for Broadway, such as for Ragtime (1998), and for dance companies.

Loquasto, Santo (b Wilkes-Barre, Pa., c.1944). US costume designer. He studied at the Yale School of Drama and designed for regional theatre before moving to New York in 1971. He has subsequently proved his versatility, working in film, theatre, and dance, and creating costumes as well as sets. He has been a long-time collaborator with Twyla Tharp, designing Sue's Leg (1975), Push Comes to Shove (1976), The Catherine Wheel (1981), and Sextet (1992). He has also worked closely with James Kudelka, designing Alliances (1987), Spring Awakening (1994), The Nutcracker (1995), and Swan Lake (1999). Other designs include Robbins's The Four Seasons (1979), American Ballet Theatre's Cinderella (1983), and Morris's Motorcade (1990).