Socks Whitmore Biography
Socks Whitmore (they/them/theirs) is an agender/gender non-conforming singer, voice and stage actor, lyricist-composer, and writer. 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 went on to create and debut the lead role of their first full-length original musical, "We Are Here," which was co-written with Evan Johnson and selected for the New Voices Project hosted by New Musicals Inc.
in North Hollywood. They have originated roles in multiple contemporary musicals such as Michael Shapiro's "The Bully Problem" and the immersive production "Finding Wonder," and served as a dramaturge/gender consultant for several others. They are best known for voicing Narwhal in the "Narwhal & Jelly" audiobook series by Penguin Random House. They hold a BFA Performer-Composer degree from CalArts with minors in Digital Arts and Creative Writing.
