Willa Piro is a costume designer for
theatre, film, and dance. Her design approach foregrounds collaboration, centering
storytelling through nuanced character-driven choices. She is interested in how
silhouette, color, and texture can elicit an emotional response, and is excited
by world building projects that allow a unique visual language to emerge. Willa grew up in the Blue Ridge
Mountains of Virginia and now calls Queens, NY home.
Recent theatre design projects include ERASTES written by Andres Osorio and directed by Rachel Horwitz at The Fresh Fruits Festival and GALATEA written by MJ Kaufman and directed by Sarah Hughes at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Recent film design projects include the feature film ACT ONE by Sophia Takal (post-production), the short film THERAPIST CRUSH by MJ Kaufman (NEWFEST, Soho Film Festival), and the feature films BLOAT by Pablo Absento, and GHOSTWRITTEN by Thomas Matthews starring Jay Duplass, Maria Dizzia, and Kate Lyn Sheil.
As an Assistant Costume Designer she has worked on various productions on and off Broadway, and for streaming studios such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and Apple TV+.
Recent Assistant Costume Design work includes the NY Premiere of THE WELKIN (ATC), PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC (Broadway), AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE and SWEENEY TODD (Broadway), and the feature films BEFORE ANYONE ELSE (post-production), THE ADULTS (Universal) and CHEMICAL HEARTS (Amazon).
Willa received a B.F.A. in Theatre Design & Technology from VCU School of the Arts.
She is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE
Recent theatre design projects include ERASTES written by Andres Osorio and directed by Rachel Horwitz at The Fresh Fruits Festival and GALATEA written by MJ Kaufman and directed by Sarah Hughes at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Recent film design projects include the feature film ACT ONE by Sophia Takal (post-production), the short film THERAPIST CRUSH by MJ Kaufman (NEWFEST, Soho Film Festival), and the feature films BLOAT by Pablo Absento, and GHOSTWRITTEN by Thomas Matthews starring Jay Duplass, Maria Dizzia, and Kate Lyn Sheil.
As an Assistant Costume Designer she has worked on various productions on and off Broadway, and for streaming studios such as Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and Apple TV+.
Recent Assistant Costume Design work includes the NY Premiere of THE WELKIN (ATC), PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC (Broadway), AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE and SWEENEY TODD (Broadway), and the feature films BEFORE ANYONE ELSE (post-production), THE ADULTS (Universal) and CHEMICAL HEARTS (Amazon).
Willa received a B.F.A. in Theatre Design & Technology from VCU School of the Arts.
She is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, IATSE