Artist Bio

(Bio as of January 2024)

Linda Roethke (Costume Designer) is a professor at Northwestern University, teaching Costume Design. Previous Goodman Theatre productions include Stage Kiss and The Clean House. Linda was recently selected for the international exhibition “Costume Design at the Turn of the Century” in Moscow and Beijing. Her awards include a Jeff Award (An Ideal Husband at Court Theatre), Suzi Bass Nominations (The Geller Girls and The Underpants at Alliance Theatre), a Connecticut Circle Nomination (A Little Night Music at Connecticut Rep) and the 2023 URTA Excellence Award in Undergraduate Teaching. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa. Linda has designed at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse, Mc Carter Center, Steppenwolf Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, The Alliance Theatre, Arden Theatre Company, Center Stage, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The Court Theatre and American Players Theatre. Recent and upcoming productions include Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol in Boston and London, Fever Dreams (Contemporary American Theatre Festival) and Into the Woods this summer at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival.