Laura Crow is an internationally recognized costume designer with over 300 productions on Broadway, in London's West End, and across five continents — and a scholar of the costume traditions that inspire them.
"They have a life of their own. We can envision the person wearing the clothes and feel their presence."
Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, Laura Crow has spent over five decades designing for the stage — from her first London credit, Electra at the Greenwich Theatre in 1971, to Warp at New York's Ambassador Theatre in 1973, which earned her the Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Costume Design.
She served as resident designer for The Circle Repertory Theatre in New York for thirteen years and for the Greenwich Theatre in London's West End, alongside work across France, Germany, Spain, Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Japan, South Korea, and China. Her Broadway credits include Sweet Bird of Youth, Fifth of July, Burn This, The Seagull, and Redwood Curtain.
Trained as a costume historian at the Courtauld Institute, University of London, Crow is Professor Emerita of Costume History, Design & Technology at the University of Connecticut, where she curated the Historical Costume & Textile Collection. As a Fulbright Senior Scholar to the Philippines, she researched festival costume — work that continues to shape her lifelong study of carnival and festival dress worldwide.
For commissions, lectures, exhibition inquiries, or press, reach out directly — Laura welcomes conversations about new productions and costume research collaborations.
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