About
MARIKO OHIGASHI is a New York and Tokyo based costume designer for opera, theatre, dance, and film.
Her U.S. theater credits include SUMO (The Public Theatre, NY & La Jolla Playhouse, CA / Ma-Yi); Cymbeline (Lynn F. Angelson Theater / NAATCO); 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 Next to Normal (Toho / Theatre Creation - Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Hyogo); The Bridge of Prague (Kinokuniya Southern Theatre Takashimaya and Kyoto Theatre); 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 Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan), 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, 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
大東万里子
衣裳デザイナー
ニューヨーク大学ティッシュ・スクールにて衣裳デザインの修士号を取得。NYと東京を拠点にオペラからヒップホップまでデザインのジャンルは幅広い。オフ・ブロードウェイの『SUMO（バプリックシアター）』、『Cymbeline』、『A Delicate Balance』、『Romeo and Juliet』、『Out of Time（バプリックシアター）』、『Veil Widow Conspiracy（NYシアターワークショップNext Door）』はNYタイムズ紙に批評が載る。2023年ラホヤ・プレイハウス初演の『SUMO』にてBroadwayWorld San Diegoのベスト衣裳デザイン賞ノミネート。ツーリバーシアター等、リージョナルシアターにて多数デザインを手がけ、ウィリアムズ大学ダンス学部のレジデントデザイナーも務めた。