Santo Richard Loquasto (born July 26, 1944) is an American production designer, scenic designer, and costume designer for stage, film, and dance. His work has included the ballet Don Quixote, the film Don't Drink the Water, Great Performances Dance in America: Fosse, and the television show TriBeCa.

Education and career
Loquasto has a bachelor's degree in English literature from King's College, Pennsylvania and a master's of fine arts from Yale Drama School. He started his career as a designer at the Showcase Theatre in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

After working in regional theater since 1969, Loquasto has worked on approximately 100 Broadway productions, either as scenic designer, costume designer, or both. His first Broadway production was Sticks and Bones, in 1972, and his most recent productions have been Carousel and The Iceman Cometh, both in 2018. He has received 21 Tony Award nominations for his work as either costume or scenic designer, and has won four times. He has won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design three times, and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design once. In 2004, Loquasto was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Loquasto has been a production designer for many Woody Allen films, and was nominated for the Academy Award for his production design for Allen's Bullets over Broadway and Radio Days, and for costume design for Zelig.

Loquasto is a first cousin of Indy car driver Al Loquasto and a distant cousin of civil engineer and author Angelo F. Coniglio. The family is descended from Libertino lo Guasto, a foundling born in Serradifalco in 1796.

Tony Awards
Best Costume Design:

1977: The Cherry Orchard (tied with Theoni V. Aldredge for Annie)
1990: Grand Hotel: The Musical
2017: Hello, Dolly!

Best Scenic Design:

1989: Cafe Crown

Selected theatre credits

1972 – Sticks & Stones
1978 – King of Hearts
1979 – Bent
1990 – Grand Hotel, The Musical
2005 – Glengarry Glen Ross
2007 – 110 in the Shade
2009 – Waiting For Godot
2016 – Shuffle Along
2017 – Hello, Dolly! (2017 revival)
2018 – Carousel (revival)
2018 – The Iceman Cometh (revival)
2019 – Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andonicus

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