Katja Strohschneider studied costume design at Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften in Hamburg. During her time as an assistant at Schauspiel Frankfurt, she created her own costume designs for productions including GERTRUD, directed by Armin Petras. Since 2008, Katja Strohschneider has worked regularly as a freelance costume designer with directors Armin Petras, Simon Solberg, Jan Gehler and Daniela Löffner. Engagements have taken her to Schauspiel Stuttgart, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Theater Basel, Thalia Theater Hamburg, Maxim Gorki Theater Berlin, Schauspielhaus Bochum, Schauspielhaus Zürich, Deutsches Theater Berlin, Münchner Volkstheater, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Theater Radu Stanca Sibiu in Romania and Münchner Kammerspiele. At Theater und Orchester Heidelberg in 2022, Katja Strohschneider will design the costumes for the world premiere of »The Light of the World« by Raphaela Bardutzky.