About

MARIKO OHIGASHI is a New York City based costume designer for opera, theatre, dance, and film. She was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan.

Her U.S. theater credits include SUMO (La Jolla Playhouse & Ma-Yi); Romeo and Juliet (Lynn F. Angelson Theater / Two River Theater & NAATCO); A Little Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Two River Theater, NJ); Edward Albee’s A Delicate Balance (Connelly Theater, NYC); Out of Time (The Public Theater, NYC & NAATCO); Veil Widow Conspiracy (New York Theater Workshop, Next Door & NAATCO); Vis-à-Vis (New York City Ballet, Choreographic Institute); Hanjo (Japan Society, NYC & SITI Company); Williams College Dance Concerts. 

International theater credits in Japan include The Barber of Seville &The Marriage of Figaro (Rohm Theater Kyoto, Opera); Hansel and Gretel (Sony Music Foundation, Opera / Suntory Hall, Tokyo); The Count of Monte Cristo (Kinokuniya Hall). As a costume coordinator, she has worked on Lulu (Shinjuku Bunka Kaikan) and Carmen (Kanagawa Kenmin Hall) with Tokyo Nikikai Opera.

Mariko was nominated for Best Costume Design of a Play or Musical category for SUMO at BroadwayWorld San Diego in 2023.

MFA - NYU Tisch; BA - UNC Chapel Hill. Member of USA 829.

REVIEWS & ARTICLES

New York Times : Romeo and Juliet 2023
This gestures toward the Elizabethan, as do Mariko Ohigashi’s costumes, which combine long skirts and slashed doublets with T-shirts and jeans.

New York Times : A Delicate Balance 2022
”… Mariko Ohigashi’s costume design, on the other hand, are great complements to each other and the material. …
The costumes discreetly reflect the different tone and sensibility of each of the play’s three acts. In the first, we see mostly neutrals and shades matching the furnishings as Agnes, Tobias and Claire go through their regular routines. Then there are more vibrant 1960s-style outfits as the drama increases and the characters reveal more of their true selves in the second, and sleepy, lived-in robes and pajamas as the play nears its melancholy conclusion.”

New York Times : Out of Time 2022
“She is absolutely elegant, and completely isolated -”

Two River Theater Interview : Romeo and Juliet 2022

New York Times : Veil Widow Conspiracy 2019

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衣裳デザイナー
日本大学芸術学部在学中に渡米。ニューヨーク大学大学院 ティッシュ・スクール・オブ・ザ・アートにてスーザン・ヒルファーティ氏に師事し、衣裳デザインの美術学修士を取得。2023年のBroadwayWorld San Diegoのベスト衣装デザイン賞ノミネート。ニューヨークを拠点に、アメリカと日本を行き来しながらオペラ、演劇、ダンス、映画と幅広い分野の衣装をデザインしている。