About
MARIKO OHIGASHI is a New York- and Tokyo-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 Two River Theater (NJ) and La Jolla Playhouse (CA). International credits in Japan include The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro (ROHM Theater Kyoto); Hansel and Gretel (Suntory Hall, Tokyo); and Next to Normal (Toho). As a costume coordinator, she contributed to Die Frau ohne Schatten (Tokyo Bunka Kaikan), Lulu (Shinjuku Bunka Center), and Carmen (Kanagawa Kenmin Hall) with Tokyo Nikikai Opera. She apprenticed with the Santa Fe Opera and Salzburg Festival and 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 : 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『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。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。日本でのクレジットに『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。