Laurie Churba is a multi-hyphenate theater artist whose work lives somewhere between the intersection of Costume Design, Devised Theater and Soundpainting. She is currently an Associate Professor of Costume Design and Devised Theater at Dartmouth College.

Ms. Churba has been designing costumes professionally for over thirty years in NYC and beyond. Her costume design work has been seen on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and she was on the costume design team at Saturday Night Live for eleven seasons from 1997-2008. Some regional theaters she has designed costumes for include Huntington Stage Company, Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Old Globe, Mark Taper Forum, Berkshire Theater Festival, Pittsburg Public Theater, Westport Country Playhouse and Northern Stage.

Laurie is the Costume Designer and the Visual Artist ensemble member with Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble, a NYC based performance group. She performs a form of improvisation called Soundpainting with the ensemble onstage, using her sewing machine and costumes for storytelling. She sings, drums, distributes costumes, art installations and props to other performers as prompted, depending on the improvisation.