About
MARIKO OHIGASHI is a New York based costume designer working in opera, theatre, dance, and film. She has designed numerous Off-Broadway productions, several of which received critical acclaim in The New York Times. Most recently, she was nominated for the Lucille Lortel and Henry Hewes Design Awards for SUMO at The Public Theater. Her work has also appeared in regional theaters such as Arizona Opera (AZ), Two River Theater (NJ), La Jolla Playhouse (CA), and Pioneer Theater Company (UT). International credits include The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro (ROHM Theater Kyoto); Hansel and Gretel (Suntory Hall, Tokyo); Next to Normal (Toho); and Madama Butterfly (Calgary Opera, Canada). She holds an M.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.
REVIEWS & ARTICLES
New York Times : Sumo (2025)
And throughout, the costumes by Mariko Ohigashi, whether the heavy belts worn by the wrestlers at work or their lovely robes in relaxation, tell precise and vivid stories.
New York Times : Cymbeline (2025)
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 -”
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『Bus Stop（NY公共図書館アーカイブ収蔵）』、『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。『SUMO』にて2025年度ルシル・ローテル最優秀衣裳デザイン賞、Henry Hewes 衣装デザイン賞にノミネート。ラ・ホヤ・プレイハウス、ツーリバーシアター、アリゾナオペラ、カナダのカルガリーオペラ等でもデザインを手がける。日本でのクレジットに『神経衰弱ぎりぎりの女たち』、『ネクスト・トゥ・ノーマル（シアタークリエ）』、『RUN TO YOU』、『ヘンゼルとグレーテル（サントリーホール）』など。日本大学芸術学部中退、ノースカロライナ大学チャペルヒル校卒。