Socks Whitmore

Actor

Biography

Socks Whitmore (they/them/theirs) is a Los Angeles-based agender/gender non-conforming performer, creative, and storyteller. In their early days as a vocalist, they performed with the NAfME national honors choir and the Honors Performance Series in renowned spaces such as the Grand Ole Opry, Carnegie Hall, and the Sydney Opera House. They’ve originated roles on stage in productions like the immersive show Stardust, the ballet operetta Children Cannot Sleep, and the new musical The Bully Problem, as well as their own original works, and on screen they’re known for their performances in The Magical Christmas Tree, Blue Belt, and Baby Cat. You can hear their VO skills across the internet in audio dramas (Georgie Romero Is Done For, The Sheridan Tapes, Life with Leo(h)), video games (Detour Bus, Cryptid Crew, Georgia), audiobooks (the Narwhal & Jelly series, This Is Our Rainbow, Blood City Rollers), and over 20 different animated shorts. Socks’ creative work as a musician and wordsmith spans from live performance to digital media to print, including audio dramas, narrative design for games, poetry, short fiction, op-eds, and more. They have been produced by New Musicals Inc., Overtone Industries, and Feminist Fairytales, and published by Translash Media, the American Composers Forum, Sappho Small Talk blog and Queer Quarterly magazine, among others. They specialize in book, lyrics, and music for original music theater, such as their work on Marrow (Original Vision Selection 2022), We Are Here (NMI's New Voices Project winner 2019), and Back to One: A Coming of Self Musical (CalArts 50th Anniversary Alumnx Showcase 2023). In addition to acting, singing, and writing, Socks serves as a neuroqueer educator, director, producer, and consultant. Socks is a co-founder of the gender expansive vocal group 8TPS, a queer events producer at Prismatic.one, a leader at the trans-led indie Bolero Game Studio, and the recipient of Celebration Theatre’s 2024 Vibrant Voice award. They are a graduate of the Beth Morrison Projects Producer Academy and hold a BFA Performer-Composer degree from CalArts with minors in Digital Arts and Creative Writing.