PRODUCER
Live Performance
Socks Whitmore came into theatrical producing by heading the workshop productions of their original shows We Are Here (2019) and Back to One: A Coming of Self Musical (2020), and the producing bug stuck. They’ve gone on to serve as a production manager for concerts & cabarets, an event planner for workshops and resource fairs, a marketing & creative assistant for immersive experiences, and more. They have an unusual love for writing emails, playing with spreadsheets, and organizing Google Drives.
Want direction? Socks has experience with:
Casting and hiring performers
Social media and marketing
Copy for project descriptions, digital presence, text-based experiential/design elements, and emails/communications
Managing communications with press and the performers
Grant applications and budgets
Scheduling & preparing for rehearsals, meetings, and discussion groups
Touring and negotiating with venues for production
Facilitating discussions around creative vision, logistical execution, and delegation
Digital Media
Socks Whitmore’s digital production experience spans everything from music videos to indie games to podcasts. They first served as a co-producer and marketing lead of the horror-comedy fiction podcast, Georgie Romero Is Done For, created by Kat Walker Shea, and recently completed their term as creative director on a 2D musical platformer by Bolero Game Studio. For the games Georgia (2019) and Seeing Gray (2021), Socks functioned as writer, casting director, performance director, artistic director, and producer. (And a lead voice actor to boot!)
Want determination? Socks can make your content happen by:
Scheduling recording sessions and booking recording studios
Finding and hiring collaborators like voice actors, visual artists, or sound designers
Giving voice over direction
Making/facilitating decisions about creative vision, art design, and branding
Leading production meetings
Task delegation and long term planning, including social media calendars
Script editing and transcription
Video editing and closed captioning
Basic audio engineering and sound design (in a pinch! They can only do SO many things at one time)
Community Events
In addition to artistic productions & projects, Socks has extensive experience producing virtual and in-person events designed to inform and uplift their community! In the past, they’ve partnered with their alma mater CalArts to uplift artists on the margins through live events like DIF/ABILITY and to support students through opportunities like the digital resource fair CalArts Best-Kept Secrets. They also have a longstanding relationship with Arts for LA and have had the pleasure of speaking at their annual State of the Arts conference to discuss community programming development.
Their work as a junior partner at the former queer events producing company Prismatic.one and their time as the digital content manager with Transgender Talent & Key Change Ensemble prepared them for a career in community organizing & people management, and inspired them to launch a project of their own: 8TPS, a polystylistic vocal collective of trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive musicians at the intersection of professional, identity-driven, and community-building choral ensembles. Today, Socks serves as the Company Manager & Co-producing Artistic Director (alongside their collaborator Tanner Pfeiffer) in operating, booking, and collaborating with this diverse roster of TGI singers.
Training
Socks is great at learning by doing, but because they love their work and want to do the best job possible, they’ve made a point to seek out mentorship and education! In addition to their coursework at CalArts, Socks has trained in producing & leadership with:
Emerging Arts Leaders/Los Angeles | Protégé Mentee 2020
Center Theatre Group | CTG Emerging Artist Theatregoers 2021
Arts for LA (AFLA) | ACTIVATE: Emerging Arts Leaders 2022
Beth Morrison Projects | BMP Producers Academy 2024 Cohort
The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) | Emerging Leaders Institute Class of 2025
Arts for LA (AFLA) | ACTIVATE: Delegates 2025