Laura Plikerd is a costume design and crafts artisan located in Columbus, Ohio. She is currently the costume shop manager at Denison University. She graduated with an MFA at West Virginia University and a BFA in Theatre Design and Production from the College Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Outside of an educational environment she has worked in costuming at the Dorset Theatre Festival, New York Stage and Film, Goodspeed Opera House, Lees McRae Summer Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Company, Weathervane Playhouse, and Denison University. Her favorite pastimes that are not theatre related are playing with other people's dogs, drinking coffee, and ceramics.